Talks and media
For media inquiries, collaboration, and consulting, reach me at yannan at berkeley dot edu. I also take on consulting on AI and machine learning for real estate and financial firms; see work with me.
In the press
- 2024 · South Carolina Public Radio: A Commercial Real Estate Collapse Might be Looming. So Why is South Carolina Not Worried?
- 2024 · WBTW (CBS): How AI is Revolutionizing Home Buyers' Access to Housing Market Insights
- 2023 · Clemson News: A Unique Home Might Take Longer to Sell, but the Payoff Could be Worth a Few Extra Days on the Market
- 2022 · The Washington Post: Owners vs. Agents: Who Sells More (on the agent value-added paper)
- 2022 · Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Policy Hub: Estimating Value Added by Real Estate Agents
- 2020 · The Economist: Airbnb Guests Seek Out Cleaner Properties in the Pandemic
- 2020 · Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, macroblog: COVID-19 Mortgage Relief: The Role of Income Support (cites the double-trigger paper)
- 2020 · Clemson News / ABC News 4: Tight Landlord Regulations May Result in Homelessness Rise, Clemson Study Says
- 2020 · Clemson News: Clemson Study Employs AI to Decipher 'Soft' Features of a Home's Value
- 2016 · Pittsburgh Business Times: Fracking Region Mortgage Defaults Below Pennsylvania Average
Selected talks and seminars
- 2027 · AREUEA/ASSA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (two papers, scheduled)
- 2026 · 4th ODU Real Estate Research Symposium, Old Dominion University (scheduled, Oct.)
- 2026 · Cambridge | HKU Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium, University of Cambridge
- 2026 · Homer Hoyt Institute Weimer School session, West Palm Beach; ARES Annual Meeting, Destin; JRER/UCF Current Issues Symposium, Orlando
- 2025 · University of Kentucky, Gatton College; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Real Estate Commissions and Housing Market Frictions Conference
- 2024 · Florida State University; Urban Economics Association North American Meeting, Georgetown; University of Hawaii at Manoa; The Murphy Institute housing conference, New Orleans
- 2023 · University of Georgia; Baruch College, Zicklin School; University of Cincinnati, Lindner College; Zillow (invited research talk); Penn State; Old Dominion University symposium
- 2022 · Singapore Management University; University of Texas at Arlington; Cambridge | Florida | Geneva | NUS Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium; University of Utah housing affordability summit; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; AREUEA International, Dublin (best paper award)
- 2021 · MIT Center for Real Estate; 1st International Conference on AI for Real Estate (SDSU and Santa Clara); Financial Management Association; Regional Science Association
- 2019 · University of Connecticut; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Renmin University, Beijing; Cambridge | Florida | NUS Symposium; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Rental Housing Conference
Professional service
- Program committees: 2027 W. P. Carey Real Estate Research Conference (ASU, inaugural); 2024 AREUEA National Conference; 2022 Midwest Finance Association; 2021 FMA; 2016 SFA.
- Session chair at AREUEA (2022, 2024, 2025) and the UNC Institute for Private Capital real estate symposium (2020).
- Referee for Real Estate Economics, Management Science, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Financial Management, and others.
- Clemson: chair of the real estate faculty searches (2023, 2024); AI Task Force; Research Impact Academy (inaugural cohort, 2026–27); college research working group; finance curriculum, recruiting, and seminar committees.
- Designed and delivered 'Your First AI Agent,' a hands-on workshop on AI research agents for College of Business faculty and staff (Sep. 2026).