Join Bruce and chief economist for California Builder Industry Association and MarketPointe Realty Advisors, Alan Nevin, as they go back and discuss past downturns and how it’s different this time around.
Alan Nevin is the Director of Economic Research of MarketPointe Realty Advisors. MarketPointe is a 30-old real estate research firm that serves the private and public sectors.
For the past quarter-century, Alan has examined the economies of America’s high-growth communities and their dynamic economic power. His particular specialty is the economy of the West Coast and the real estate within it.
Alan has been an instructor at UCSD Extension since 1980 and is the school’s senior advisor for its real estate and land use curriculum. He currently teaches “California 2020: Trends in California Demographics”.
In his spare time, he also serves as the Chief Economist for the California Building Industry Association.
He is also a recovering developer and is known to dabble in condominium development and luxury “spec” housing in La Jolla and other reasonably priced communities.
He is a co-founder of the UCSD Economics Roundtable and also recently completed ten years of service on the Board of Trustees of La Jolla Country Day School.
He holds bachelor’s and MBA degrees from American University in Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in statistical research from Stanford University.