Real Estate Data Reporter

This role sits at the intersection of journalism, data analysis, and real estate market intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

Drive original, data-powered journalism

* Mine proprietary housing data from RealTrends and HousingWire Data to identify newsworthy trends, emerging patterns, market shifts, and unexpected findings.
* Develop original story ideas leveraging our unique data assets to deliver insights unavailable elsewhere.
* Track key housing market indicators within and across different housing markets.

Turn complex data into compelling stories

* Analyze datasets to uncover meaningful insights, validate hypotheses, and identify the broader implications of market movements.
* Use charts, graphics, rankings, interactive features, and other visual storytelling formats to make complex information accessible.
* Collaborate with data and product teams to understand available datasets, develop new analytical approaches, and expand the possibilities for data-driven reporting.
* Apply rigorous data validation and methodological standards to all reporting, including verifying calculations, distinguishing observed trends from interpretations, and clearly communicating data caveats.

Build a distinctive real estate journalism franchise

* Develop recurring data-driven features, signature reports, and timely market analyses that audiences return to regularly.
* Pitch ambitious stories that challenge assumptions, reveal overlooked developments, and advance the conversation about housing and real estate.
* Work across editorial, research, audience development, and multimedia teams to maximize the reach and impact of original reporting.

Qualifications

* Demonstrated journalism experience, preferably covering real estate and housing.
* Exceptional writing, reporting, interviewing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex topics understandable and engaging.
* A track record of producing accurate, original journalism under deadline pressure.
* Intellectual curiosity, sound editorial judgment and attention to detail.
* Demonstrated experience analyzing structured datasets, validating calculations, understanding statistical limitations and translating findings into accurate, defensible journalism. Familiarity with spreadsheet analysis, data visualization or analytical tools is strongly preferred.
* Fluency with AI-assisted research and data analysis tools, including large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, with demonstrated ability to independently verify AI-generated findings. Experience with data visualization tools such as Datawrapper or Flourish preferred. Proficiency in SQL, Python or similar analytical tools is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

* Producing original reporting that attracts and engages housing professionals, encourages repeat readership, drives subscriptions and reinforces HousingWire's reputation as an authoritative source of housing market intelligence.
* Writing daily stories on national real estate trends, including brokerage share shifts, agent count gains and losses, team moves, and M&A math.
* Setting up recurring, repeatable automated reports from our data that drive people to subscribe.
* Translating market findings into actionable context for housing professionals, connecting national and local trends to the decisions facing real estate agents, mortgage professionals, homebuilders and industry leaders.
* Consistently identifying newsworthy trends and insights before they become conventional wisdom.
* Building a recognizable body of work that industry leaders trust and reference.
* The metrics that are most important for this role are stories that drive paywall conversions and rank among the top weekly stories with subscribers.

Compensation & Benefits

* 401(k) with employer match
* Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and ancillary insurance options
* Unlimited PTO + Paid Parental Leave