Congress to Hold Real Estate Industry Hearing

July 25, 2006 |

In what seems to be a continuing trend of government attention being paid to the real estate industry, the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity is holding a hearing at 2:00pm today entitled, "The Changing Real Estate Market."  I am sure there will be some interesting testimony from all those involved, and I will get you as much information as possible, as soon as it becomes available.  Below is a complete list of all those scheduled to testify, courtesy of Glenn Roberts, Jr. of Inman News:

– J. Bruce McDonald, deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
– Maureen K. Ohlhausen, director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission
– David G. Wood, director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office
– Stephen Brobeck, executive director, Consumer Federation of America
– Aaron Farmer, broker/Realtor, Texas Discount Realty, Austin, Texas
– Kimberly Gorsuch-Bradbury, senior vice president, Real Estate Networks, LendingTree, LLC, Charlotte, N.C.
– Glenn Kelman, President and CEO, Redfin Corp., Seattle, Wash.
– Geoffrey D. Lewis, senior vice president and chief legal officer, RE/MAX International, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colo.
– Pat Vredevoogd-Combs, 2006 president-elect, National Association of Realtors
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, chaired by Rep. Robert W. Ney, R-Ohio, is holding the hearing.

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