SEATTLE, April 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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Nearly five years into its worst slump in decades, America's housing market is finally showing sparks of life. Zillow, the |
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leading real estate marketplace, Progressive Policy Institute and Columbia Business School have assembled a roster of |
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elected officials, industry leaders, executives, economists, public policy experts and media for a two-day forum to |
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discuss and debate what's worked, what hasn't, and what trends are around the corner, as both the public and |
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private sectors respond to the longest housing recession in recent history. |
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America's Housing Crisis: Private Sector Responses and Public Policy Innovation will kick off on the evening of |
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Wednesday, April 4 with a reception and opening presentation by Nobel-Prize winning economist and Columbia |
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Business School professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman of Hang Lung Properties, who will speak on |
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Housing in a Global Context. The following morning, the forum will continue featuring a distinguished group of |
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speakers and panelists who will discuss and debate the merits of allowing the market to right itself, versus creating |
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new policies to help individuals in financial distress. Additional event information and full agenda can be found here: |
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http://www.zillow.com/blog/category/housing-forum/ |
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When and Where: |
Housing in a Global Context |
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Special Presentations by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ronnie Chan |
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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6 p.m., Columbia Club, 15 West 43rd Street |
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Forum: Private Sector Responses and Public Policy Innovation |
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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8 a.m. — noon, Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd St. |
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Who: |
The Honorable Jim Himes, United States Representative; Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia |
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University, Winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics; Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties |
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Limited; Richard A. Smith, Chairman, CEO and President, Realogy Corporation; Peter M. Orser, President and CEO, |
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Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company; Laurie Goodman, Senior Manager Director — RMBS Strategy, Amherst Securities |
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Group; Christopher J. Mayer, Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School; Janice Eberly, |
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Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Scott Simon, Managing Director, PIMCO; |
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Joseph Gyourko, Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Business and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business; Jack |
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Macdowell, Chief Investment Officer, Carrington Capital Management; Jason Gold, Progressive Policy Institute; |
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Spencer Rascoff, CEO, Zillow; Stan Humphries, Chief Economist, Zillow; and S. Mitra Kalita, Wall Street Journal. |
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Media Interviews: To attend this event or to schedule media interviews following the event, please contact Katie Curnutte at 206-757-2785 or email press@zillow.com. |
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CONTACT: Katie Curnutte, ZillowKatiec@zillow.com, 206-757-2785
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