Intern, Economics

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions.

Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance.

​​Realtor.com® is seeking an Economist Intern on the Economics Research team based in Austin, TX, or New York, NY, with interest in data-driven storytelling to a variety of audiences, strong analytic instincts, and skills to glean and visualize insights from large data. The purpose of this role will be to deliver insights to the team and its public and internal stakeholders derived from analyzing housing, economic, and consumer data. 

Responsibilities

• Work with other members of the Economics team and other data teams to extract key trends impacting residential real estate, blending http://Realtor.com’s proprietary data with relevant data from industry, government, and partners.


• Build data visualizations to make it easier to access and draw insights from proprietary and 3rd-party data.


• Collaborate with Sr Economist and research teams to deliver research projects to foster http://Realtor.com’s share of voice—how often our data and insights are cited in the media.


• Contribute to roadmap execution on innovative economic insights and data products, publish unique content on http://Realtor.com research, including regular and ad-hoc reporting, and drive ideas for future analyses.


• Extract data, conduct complex analyses, and communicate results such that they can be easily understood by key audiences with varying degrees of housing market knowledge; audiences include: internal decision makers, home buyers, home sellers, real estate professionals, and the media. 

Who you are…

• Self-starter willing to jump into difficult situations


• Insanely curious, analytical, and loves solving problems


• Agile, adaptable, and eager to collaborate


• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills


• Interested in data visualization tools and techniques


• Familiar with time series modeling and related statistical techniques (e.g., ARIMA, exponential smoothing, time series regression methods etc.)


• Familiar with or willing to learn to use cloud and big data technologies to extract and analyze data (Snowflake, S3, or others).

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited 4-year College or University, pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in statistics, economics, computer science or related degrees or related concentrations


• Have experience in one or more of the following: SQL, Tableau, R, Python, or other data tools


• Must have a graduation date between December 2026 and June 2027


• Must be able to complete the full internship lasting eleven weeks


• Able to work well in a team setting


• Strong verbal and written communication


• Able to demonstrate a positive attitude, professionalism, attention to detail, and a strong worth ethic


• Desire to embrace new challenges


• Experience dealing with multiple competing priorities and projects

Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return, we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.