RealPage Analytics Blog Authors

Greg Willett

Chief Economist

Greg Willett serves as chief economist of RealPage, Inc., facilitating the alignment of the firm’s technology and analytics solutions with real estate sector needs and opportunities that evolve alongside shifting economic conditions, demographics and market performance levels.

Greg works with RealPage’s real estate industry research and analysis team as well as the firm’s data science group. He is well versed on market fundamentals and activity nationally, by metro and in individual neighborhoods. Greg is active in organizations such as the National Multifamily Housing Council, the Urban Land Institute and the National Apartment Association. He provides commentary for national and local business media as well as numerous news and information sources focused specifically on the real estate and rental housing markets. 

Greg began his tenure in the multifamily industry as a data analyst and later served as a research consultant specializing in feasibility evaluations of new apartment community development and existing property acquisition. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.

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Greg Willett

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Occupancy is Tight in D/FW’s Class C Apartments

Los Angeles Apartment Construction is Focused in Pricey Neighborhoods

Average Apartment Size Drops as Development Density Increases

Renewal-Lease Rent Growth Remains Substantial

Luxury Apartments Hold Onto Fewer Renters at Lease Expiration

Affordability Concerns Overstated, Lease Transactions Show