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The Zillow Home Price Expectations Crystal Ball Award Winner Is…

Every quarter, Zillow sponsors a survey of 100-plus economists, investment strategists and housing market analysts, asking what they think will happen to future home prices.

The Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey, which is conducted by Pulsenomics, has been fielded 13 times since its inception, and we’d like to honor the panelists who have done particularly well forecasting home prices. Without further ado, here they are:

#1 for the 2-Year Horizon Forecast (2010 – 2011)
Nariman Behravesh (IHS Global Insight)

#1 for the 1-Year Horizon Forecast (2011)
Dan Greenhaus (BTIG LLC)

#1 for the 1-Year Horizon Forecast (2010)
Edward Pierzak (Henderson Global Investors)

In the top 5 for the 1-Year and 2-Year Horizon Forecasts (2010, 2011 and 2010 – 2011):
Mark Zandi / Celia Chen (Moody’s Analytics)

In the top 10 for the 1-Year and 2-Year Horizon Forecasts (2010, 2011 and 2010 – 2011):
Paul Dales (Capital Economics Ltd)
John McIlwain (Urban Land Institute)
Edward Pierzak (Henderson Global Investors)
Edward Pinto (American Enterprise Institute)

About the author

Ian Port is the director of content at Zillow, leading development of a wide range of real estate content for more than eight years. He began his career covering housing, real estate and urban affairs at local newspapers in California. A former music journalist and magazine writer, Ian’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, and many other places. Ian is also the author of The Birth of Loud (Scribner, 2019), a critically acclaimed dual biography of Leo Fender and Les Paul.
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