Ali Wolf | Source | Chief Economist for Zonda and NewHomeSource at Zonda
Ali Wolf
Ali Wolf is the Chief Economist for Zonda and NewHomeSource. Zonda is the largest new home construction data company in North America. As head of the Economics Department, Ali manages and analyzes the content, runs special research projects, strategizes with the nation’s largest homebuilders, and presents nationwide covering topics across the housing market and wider economy.
Ali is the creator of Zonda’s proprietary indices, including the New Home Pending Sales Index and the New Home Lot Supply Index. Ali has focused much of her career on understanding prior recessions and led the charge on ‘Millennials discussing Millennials’ in the homebuilding space. Highly regarded as an industry expert, Ali is quoted frequently in national publications including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Yahoo! Finance, and has also appeared on national and international TV and radio programs such as Bloomberg TV and Marketplace. Further, Ali serves as an advisor to the White House, providing data and insights on the U.S. housing market.
Prior to joining the Zonda team, Ali worked for another consultancy firm and was a researcher for both the Canadian and UK Parliaments. Ali holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University in Economics and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics in Real Estate Economics and Finance.
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Does the Fed's Interest Rate Decision Matter for Mortgage Rates?
"Borrowing costs are important to prospective homebuyers," said Ali Wolf, chief economist at Zonda and New Home Source. Cheaper interest rates make financing a home more appealing, opening up the market to first-time buyers as well as existing homeowners seeking to move.
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Not good, not bad, housing market is ‘average’: Zonda
The U.S. housing market is "average," with low traffic, steady serious buyers and mixed price trends.
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Looking for a new home? Builders offering valuable incentives to entice homebuyers
Americans looking to buy a newly built home this spring are likely to get a helping hand with their mortgage rate and other costs.
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“They’re running into more competition, fewer buyers and increased costs to sell a home. We should anticipate that builder incentives are here to stay,” Wolf said. “I don’t see a world where they don’t need them, unless interest rates came down, and most signs point to higher-for-longer with interest rates.” -- Ali Wolf, chief economist for Zonda and NewHomeSource
