Dr. Skylar Olsen Returns as Zillow Chief Economist
Dr. Olsen was a foundational member of Zillow Economic Research, and her return further strengthens that team of economists and analysts who provide unbiased data and analyses about the housing market to inform policymakers, journalists, academics and consumers.
“I’m honored to return to Zillow as chief economist and help home buyers, sellers and renters across the country better understand their options and how to best navigate what has become an increasingly trying housing market,” Dr. Olsen said. “I truly revel in the opportunity to provide the tools and information to help people make some of the biggest, most impactful decisions of their lives.”
Dr. Olsen was at Zillow from 2012 to 2020, most recently as senior principal economist. In the past two years, she’s built and supported public-facing economic and data programs in Prop/FinTech through Reimagine Economics, a consultancy she founded, and was head of economics at Tomo, a digital mortgage startup. She earned her PhD in economics from the University of Washington, and also teaches Real Estate Evolution and Disruption there.
Dr. Olsen and Dr. Divounguy join senior economists Jeff Tucker and Matthew Speakman, economist Nicole Bachaud, economic analyst Anushna Prakash and data visualization specialist Elizabeth Kimn on the Zillow Research team.
The team’s research can be found at zillow.com/research and includes analyses about for-sale and rental market dynamics, fair housing, and other topics. Zillow also provides dozens of housing market datasets freely available for download at zillow.com/data. For more information, email press@zillow.com.