June 27, 2000
CITAC Seminar, Washington D.C.
Speaker Biographies


MICHAEL CARLINER is the Staff Vice President for Economics at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). He is responsible for economic analysis and forecasting, survey research, and analysis of government policies affecting the housing industry. He has done extensive analysis of national and regional housing markets and of related subjects such as demographic trends, supplies of building materials, nonresidential construction, and housing finance.

Prior to joining NAHB in 1984, Mr. Carliner was Director of Regional Real Estate and Construction Economics at Chase Econometrics. He has also served as Vice President of Regional Data Associates and Senior Economist at Dynamics Associates.

Mr. Carliner studied Economics and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Research Fellow.