David Stiff
Chief Economist
Fiserv Lending Solutions
As chief housing market economist for Fiserv, David Stiff directs the research and development of the company’s quantitative valuation and forecasting models. He also produces economic analysis and home price forecasts for state, metropolitan, county, and sub-county housing markets.
David joined the company in 2000, after holding the position of manager of regional economics at Standard & Poor’s DRI , where he supervised the production of economic forecasts for all U.S. states, cities, and counties. Before this, he worked at S.H. Putman Associates, where he was responsible for the programming and implementation of a system of computer models used to forecast economic activity in metropolitan areas.
David graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in economics, obtained a master’s degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania. He and his family reside in Belmont, Massachusetts.