David Lereah Watch

David Lereah is the former Chief Economist and Senior VP of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Between 2001 and 2007, Mr. Lereah regularly made statements regarding the housing bubble. The media regulary turned to him for real estate quotes. He was very influential. Mr. Lereah tells half truths and manipulates facts and figures. He cannot be trusted as he was a paid shill.

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-lereahs-new-video.html

David Lereah launches a new blog called Real Estate Economy Watch . Seeking Alpha has this to say: > Maybe not… but it appears that Lereah has launched a new > venture… let’...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2009/12/david-lereah-launches-new-real-estate.html

Peak House (HoweStreet.com)

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2009/07/article-that-mentions-mr-lereah.html

Time Magazine Names David Lereah as Part of '25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis.' The page on Lereah is here . > When the chief economist at the National Association of Realt...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2009/02/time-magazine-names-lereah-as-part-of.html

Ina recent article the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) builds upon a recent short interview with Money Magzine in which Lereah admits that 'I spun.' The WSJ article is titled Realtors' Former Top Econ...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2009/01/wsj-digs-deeper-into-lereahs-past.html

Former NAR Economist David Lereah is a Jackass (Big Picture): "Of all the various parties who contributed to the boom and bust in housing and credit, none have escaped more unscathed than the Na...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2009/01/bloggers-reacts-to-lereahs-admission.html

David Lereah, currently working for Reecon Advisors Inc, now admits he "put a positive spin" on the housing market during the boom and bust times. Mr. Lereah goes on to take responsibility for hi...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/12/david-lereah-admits-he-spun-for.html

From a blog at The Atlantic: > Unless I were allowed to rely exclusively on David Lereah (until > recently the permabullish economist for the National Association of > Real...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/11/lereah-others-missing-housing-bubble.html

Dean Bake Criticizes Washington Post for Quoting Lereah So Often as an 'Expert' on the housing market. > First, reporters should recognize that people employed by an > industry lobby...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/10/dean-baker-criticizes-washington-post.html

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/david-lereah-mccain.html

The Wall Street Journal reports on book's whose title's quickly became ridiculous as events unfolded. > "Obviously I would change the title," says David Lereah, the former > chief ...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/david-lereah-his-ill-fated-book.html

Glenn Beck mocks the current and former chief economists at the National Association of Realtors, Lawrence Yun & David Lereah for the their history of bad predictions.

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/07/glenn-beck-mocks-lereah-yun.html

David Lereah is back giving more opinion on real estate on the mainstream media. This time in a Newsweek article . Remember, Lereah was probably the biggest cheerleader for the housing market d...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/hes-baaaaaaaaack.html

David Lereah no longer works at Move Inc where he was the Executive Vice President. During the time period Lereah worked at Move Inc, their stock price decline sharply . He now works at Reecon A...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-in-world-is-david-lereah.html

David Lereah left the National Association of Realtors almost a year ago. What are the plans for this blog? The blog will continue to operate as documentation of the David Lereah's role in the ...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/q-time-with-blogger.html

In a scathing piece Slate columnist Daniel Gross rips Lereah and his successor Lawrence Yun to pieces. Mr.Gross would be welcomed as a guest columnist for this blog or the Lawrence Yun Watch bl...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/12/daniel-gross-rips-lereah-to-pieces.html

In a story by Reuters titled Realtors keep bright outlook despite cloudy data, this blog was mentioned: > While many economists underestimated the depth of the nation's > current hou...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/10/david-lereah-watch-mentioned-in-reuters.html

David Lereah, the fully discredited, former chief economist of the National Association of Realtors shot back at the housing bears who in his mind were also wrong. > “Even the people that�...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/09/david-lereah-says-they-were-wrong-too.html

David Lereah, admitted that his predictions were wrong. In a New York Times article : > Perhaps the most prominent housing booster was David Lereah, the > chief economist at the N...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/david-lereah-admits-he-was-wrong.html

David Lereah's Successor, Lawrence Yun, now has a blog watching him . Good job Keith from Housing Panic for setting this up.

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/06/lawrence-yun-lereahs-successor-has-blog.html

Chart courtesy of Investech Research

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/06/david-lereahs-statements-vs-performance.html

David Lereah was interviewed by ROBERT SIEGEL of NPR . > ROBERT SIEGEL, host: But to put this in some context, you have been > a positive voice for real estate. So much so�...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/lereah-it-was-my-publishers-fault.html

Across the internet the reaction was mixed to David Lereah's imminent departure from the National Association of Realtors . Reuters started their article with "The economist who prodded investors...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/reaction-david-lereah-leaves-nar.html

David Lereah speaking with a reported from the Chicago Tribune had many things to say "We're in a real estate recession." I actually agree with Mr. Lereah! Wow! Lereah stated: > "I'm projecti...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/lereah-were-in-real-estate-recession.html

Within a few weeks, David Lereah will no longer be working for the National Association of Realtors. He will be much less quoted in the mainstream media. What are the plans for this blog? Posts ...

http://davidlereahwatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-in-transition.html