Lereah is Moving On
David Lereah, the National Association of Realtors chief economist for the last 7 years and basically their spokesperson has ‘moved on’ to a new venture. Move, Inc. announced that he has joined the company as an executive vice president for Move, Inc. and will serve as chairman and partner with Allan Dalton, who will be the president and CEO, of a new business entity which will launch in the third quarter of 2007. Move, Inc. operates Move.com, REALTOR.com, Welcome Wagon, SeniorHousingNet, TOP PRODUCER Systems, FactoryBuiltHousing.com and Home Plans.
Lereah is recognized as a leading expert in the real estate and financial services industries and his career has included tenures with private industry, government, and academia. Prior to joining NAR, he was chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) and acted as the COO with responsibility for MBA’s Research, Business Development, Industry Technology, Education, Marketing, Public Affairs and Meetings divisions. He also had responsibility for the MBA’s Research Institute for Housing America and Societas, an international lending institute. At the same time he served as president and chief executive officer of Lender Technologies Corporation – a wholly owned subsidiary of the MBA which specializes in technology and information solutions for the mortgage lending industry.