Issi Romem — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and Economist at MetroSight (since 2019)
Fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley (since 2018)
Served as Chief Economist of Trulia and Senior Director of Housing & Urban Economics at Zillow
Holds a Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley, where he also taught as an adjunct professor
His research on metropolitan growth patterns and housing has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal

Biography

Dr. Issi Romem is an economist and the founder of MetroSight, a role he has held since 2019. He is also a fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley, where he has been affiliated since 2018, and a Research Fellow at the ADP Research Institute since 2021.

Romem's career includes significant roles as Chief Economist of Trulia and Senior Director of Housing & Urban Economics at Zillow in 2019. Prior to this, he served as Chief Economist at BuildZoom from 2014 to 2019.