NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe Set to Retire

Washington, DC, January 26, 2016—The National Association of Home Builders announced during the International Builders’ Show that chief economist David Crowe, Ph.D., will retire on March 18 of this year.

Robert D. Dietz, Ph.D., NAHB vice president for tax and market analysis, will succeed Crowe.

Crowe has been responsible for NAHB’s forecasts of housing and economic trends, survey research and analysis of the home building industry and consumer preferences as well as microeconomic analysis of government policies that affect housing.

In this position, Crowe developed and implemented the Leading Market Index, an innovative model, which has estimated the net economic impact of new home construction in over 600 markets.

Crowe served as NAHB senior vice president for regulatory and housing policy before being named chief economist in 2008. Before coming to NAHB in 1989, Crowe was deputy director of the division of housing and demographic analysis at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kentucky.