Jonathan Miller is a co-founder and President/CEO of Miller Samuel, a residential real estate appraisal firm and is co-founder and managing principal of Miller Cicero, a commercial appraisal firm. He has been appraising properties since 1986. Both appraisal firms cover the New York City metropolitan region.

Jonathan is an often quoted expert covering topics relating to US housing trends. Since 1994, Jonathan has authored a series of housing market reports covering the New York City region. His research has been used by a number of government agencies, consulting groups, and academic institutions and his firm provides statistical content to New York Times.

In 2005, Jonathan started up his blog Matrix: Interpreting the real estate economy, recognized by Inman News as one of the top 25 most influential real estate bloggers in the country and was voted one of the top five real estate blogs.

His most recent effort is a podcast covering all things housing called The Housing Helix Podcast where he interviews housing related experts with something interesting to share.

Basically, he's interested in housing-related issues with an analytical bent.

Blog Entries by Jonathan Miller

Current Wave of Housing Euphoria May Extend Downturn

Posted July 29, 2009 | 11:42 PM (EST)


The spring housing market is behind us and we are now fully ensconced in summer, able to sit at the beach, sip our drink and watch the waves roll in.

Waves of housing statistics that is.

Seemingly everyone from the consumer to the POTUS has been waiting for...

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Why Housing Hasn't Found A Bottom

1 Comments | Posted July 17, 2009 | 09:43 AM (EST)


Back in August 2008 I wrote a post on Matrix called "[Analysis Paralysis] Calling The Bottom Of Calling The Bottom Of The Real Estate Market" as a response to growing weary of being asked when I thought housing was going to turn around. Well it's nearly a year later...

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Manhattan Real Estate More Mental Than Rental

4 Comments | Posted July 10, 2009 | 10:00 AM (EST)


Although the Manhattan real estate sales market has long been a full-blown spectator bloodsport worthy of an X-Games-like nightly television special, the rental market has patiently remained in the background, a cerebral cousin who stays home and plays it safe.

The rental market is much more responsive to changes in...

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Mad "Housing Bottom" Is A Jumbo Problem

2 Comments | Posted June 25, 2009 | 03:43 PM (EST)


In late August of last year, Jim Cramer, a la CNBC Mad Money, predicted the housing market bottom would be reached by the third quarter of 2009. A week later, the prediction was fine-tuned in his widely read magazine article, selecting June 30, 2009 as the official day...

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