Selma Hepp

SELMA HEPP

Selma Hepp is Senior Economist for the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.), a statewide trade organization with more than 150,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate.

Selma directs the activities of the Association’s Research and Economics Group.  She oversees the research and analysis of housing market and economic trends, member and consumer surveys, and the impact of real estate related regulatory and legislative policy.  She regularly monitors and writes columns on the latest academic research in housing and urban economics, foreclosures, international housing markets, and demographic trends.

Before joining C.A.R. in 2012, Selma was Economist and Manager of Public Policy and Homeownership at the National Association of REALTORS®.  She also worked as a research associate at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, and was an instructor at George Washington University. Currently, Selma collaborates with the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the REALTOR® University Center for Real Estate Studies.

She earned her Masters from the SUNY at Buffalo and a PhD from the University of Maryland.