About Us
We are Housing Research Center
Housing Research Center LLC (HRC) is the leading independent equity research firm in the nation for institutional investors focused on the US housing market. We provide insightful macro research on topics of interest regarding the housing market. We also provide research and analysis on the publicly traded homebuilders, single master planned community developers, and single family rental REITs.
HRC has developed a proprietary on-the-ground primary research methodology, which has been refined, proven and time-tested over many years to consistently give us a unique competitive advantage.
Since 2006, we have traveled continuously every month to tour homebuilding communities around the country to understand key trends as they unfold in real-time, and meet with key industry contacts we have developed over the years.
Alex Barron
President & Founder
Alex Barron has been been avidly following the housing market and the publicly traded builders since 2001. With over 21 year of experience he has successfully helped clients make Billions of dollars over his career on Wall Street.
EDUCATION
University of Texas at El Paso B.S. Civil Engineering, 1995
Stanford University M.S. Structural Engr., 1996
WALL STREET CAREER
Franklin Templeton 2001-2003
JMP Securities 2004-2007
Agency Trading 2007-2009
FOUNDER
Alex is currently active in the following:
Housing Research Center LLC
HRC launched on January 1, 2010. HRC's clients include the top institutional investors focused on the US housing market and the public homebuilders.