Daryl Fairweather

Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist of Redfin. Prior to joining Redfin she was a senior economist at Amazon working on problems related to employee engagement and managing a team of analysts. During the housing crisis, Daryl worked as a researcher at the Boston Fed studying why homeowners entered foreclosure. Daryl received her Bachelor's of Science from the Massachusetts Instute of Technology and received her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in economics at the University of Chicago where she specialized in behavioral economics. Follow her on Twitter @FairweatherPhD.

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Real Estate News & Analysis

Redfin Housing Demand Index Posts Strong Gain from August to September

Still, Housing Demand Remains Double Digits Below Last Year’s Levels Most of Monthly Increase in Homebuyer Activity is Seen in the Touring Stage, with Offer Growth Lagging The...

October 30, 2018

Housing Market News

Housing Inventory Crunch Finally Subsides as Supply Posts First Annual Gain in Nearly Three Years

September Home Sales Slump, Prices Post Smallest Increase Since the Market Bottomed in 2012

October 19, 2018

Real-Time Research

20% of Recent Homebuyers Made an Offer Sight-Unseen, Down from 35% Late Last Year

Redfin Survey Suggests that Buyers Are Under Less Pressure to Make Hasty Bids as Competition Eases One in five recent homebuyers said they made an offer sight-unseen, according to...

October 15, 2018

Redfin News

What I learned from 100 homeowners facing foreclosure in 2009

And, how my background in behavioral economics will inform my perspective as Redfin’s chief economist

October 9, 2018