Danielle Hale

As Realtor.com®'s chief economist, Danielle Hale is a nationally recognized expert on the residential housing market. Major media outlets including CNBC, NPR, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times rely on her ability to develop and translate real estate trends data into consumer and industry insights, and communicate those insights in a way that's relevant to a wide variety of audiences.

Danielle leads Realtor.com®'s team of the industry's top analysts and economists with the goal of providing deeper and broader housing insights to consumers, industry professionals, and thought leaders. Danielle's team analyzes vast amounts of listing data, search trends, lending patterns, demographics and consumer behavior on Realtor.com® to produce valuable market intelligence.

Before joining Realtor.com® in July 2017, Danielle spent nearly a decade as an economist and policy researcher at the National Association of REALTORS®. As managing director of housing research, Danielle oversaw the production of closely followed housing market data, including NAR's monthly pending and existing home sales indices and quarterly home price reports. Danielle previously served as manager of tax policy research, leading research projects on topics including how federal, state and local policies impact the real estate market.

Before joining NAR as an economist in 2008, Danielle spent three years at the American Enterprise Institute, where she produced research and managed its executive office's communications. Her work during that time included research contributions to Dr. Allan Meltzer's A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume II (University of Chicago Press, 2010).

She was recognized as one of HousingWire's Rising Stars in 2019.

Danielle earned her degrees from Florida State University and calls the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC home.