Christopher Mayer

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Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate
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Christopher Mayer is the Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate at Columbia Business School. His research explores a variety of topics in real estate and financial markets, including housing cycles, mortgage markets, debt securitization, and commercial real estate valuation. Dr. Mayer is also CEO of Longbridge Financial, an innovative reverse mortgage company focused on delivering responsible home equity products to older Americans to help finance retirement. Professor Mayer serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, and a member of the Academic Advisory Boards for Standard and Poor's and the Housing Policy Center at the Urban Institute. His research has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Dr. Mayer is active in the media and advising policymakers, testifying six times before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, writing a paper for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and authoring numerous op-ed articles in major publications. Dr. Mayer previously served as Senior Vice Dean at Columbia Business School and held positions at The Wharton School, the University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He earned a BS in Math and Economics from the University of Rochester with highest honors and a PhD in Economics from MIT.
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BS, University of Rochester, 1987; PhD, MIT, 1993
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2003
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5 Things We Still Don't Know about Donald Trump's Finances
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Fed Rate Cut Halts Market Free Fall, but Recession Fears are Mounting
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From Detroit to Oakland, Pandemic Threatens Urban Renewal
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Some Big Companies Seek Breaks on Rent
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To Help Black Developers, Programs Start with Access to Capital
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Trump Snubbed by His Industry as Property Pros Give to Biden
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