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Ivy Zelman

Ivy Zelman

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Ivy Zelman is the CEO of Zelman & Associates, the leading housing research firm in the United States. For the past 28 years, Institutional Investor has recognized Zelman for her industry-leading analysis. She is recognized as being the first Wall Street securities analyst to call the 2005 housing peak and its pending collapse. Zelman is frequently cited in The Wall Street Journal and appears as a guest on CNBC.

  • Ivy Zelman called the top of the housing sector in 2005 and the bottom in 2012.
  • She spoke at the 2020 Mauldin Strategic Economics Conference.
  • CNBC stock guru Jim Cramer recently praised Zelman for how she approaches real estate information: "While most analysts look at the past, Zelman uses data to define the future."