Market Trends: A Conversation with Ivy Zelman

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11/25/24 • 33 min

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Ivy Zelman is the CEO of Zelman & Associates. When it comes to housing trends, Ivy has developed a reputation for “seeing around corners,’’ and her accurate forecasts – including predicting the 2008 housing crash - make her one of the most influential people we know. In this episode, Ivy takes out her crystal ball once again and has some harsh warnings for the industry about the headwinds she sees coming from climate change, and how that will impact migration trends across the US. Plus, Ivy shares her outlook for Millennial and Gen Z homeownership over the next few decades, and the business she would start today if she had the chance.

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