Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry
October 25, 2005
Workshop Agenda
Morning Session
| 7:30 | Doors Open | |
| 9:00–9:30 | Opening Remarks | |
| Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) | ||
| Thomas O. Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) |
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| 9:30–10:30 | Overview of the Real Estate Transaction | |
| Moderator: Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Director, Office of Policy Planning, FTC | ||
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Panel: Robert W. Hahn, Executive Director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Catherine B. Whatley, 2003 President, National Association of Realtors |
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| 10:30–10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45–12:15 | Issues Affecting Competition Among Sellers' Brokers | |
| Moderator: James C. Cooper, Assistant Director, Office of Policy Planning, FTC | ||
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Panel: Aaron Farmer, Owner, Texas Discount Realty Thomas R. Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Century 21 Real Estate Sam Licklider, Missouri Association of Realtors Colby Sambrotto, Chief Operating Officer, ForSaleByOwner.com Wayne Thorburn, Adminstrator, Texas Real Estate Commission |
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| 12:15–1:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session
| 1:30–1:45 | Remarks by Commissioner Jon Leibowitz | |
| 1:45–3:30 | Issues Affecting Competition Among Buyers' Brokers | |
| Moderator: Lee Quinn, Attorney, Litigation III, Antitrust Division, DOJ | ||
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Panel: Alexander Perriello, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cendant Real Estate Franchise Group Philip Henderson, Vice President, LendingTree, LLC Catherine B. Whatley, 2003 President, National Association of Realtors Tom Early, National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents Geoff Lewis, Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer, RE/MAX International, Inc. Steve DelBianco, Executive Director, NetChoice Coalition |
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| 3:30–3:45 | Break | |
| 3:45–5:00 | Empirical Evidence on Competition in the Real Estate Industry | |
| Moderator: Michael A. Salinger, Director, Bureau of Economics, FTC | ||
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Panel: Chang-Tai Hsieh, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California Lawrence Yun, Managing Director of Quantitative Research, National Association of Realtors |
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| 5:00 | Closing Remarks | |
| Susan A. Creighton, Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC | ||
| Robert Kramer, Director of Operations, DOJ |
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