Andrew Lepage Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca

Played several positions on a team of economists and analysts in CoreLogic’s Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), drawing on data analysis, data mining, writing, editing and media relations skills. • Tapped public record, mortgage performance and other databases to generate and vet a wide variety of real estate market trend data for economists’ presentations, press releases and news media requests, providing statistics in a format ready to deliver to journalists.• Generated all statistics and trend analysis, including quotes, for monthly press releases on housing market trends in Southern California and, separately, the San Francisco Bay Area, responding to reporters’ questions (Carryover work from prior job with DQNews.com/DataQuick).• Proficient with Microsoft Access (including as a front end to SQL), Excel, Word, and Outlook. • Wrote blog posts on a variety of California and national housing topics, developing regular posts that helped OCE meet the company’s goal of aggressively covering housing affordability issues. • Point person on quality control for national, often data-heavy press releases, improving the end product by ensuring data accuracy and editing for clear and precise writing that adheres to the Associated Press Stylebook. • Edited blog posts by OCE economists and analysts, with an emphasis on data accuracy, clarity, grammar and AP Stylebook compliance. • Instrumental in development of a monthly press release on national mortgage delinquency and foreclosure trends, an effort recognized with an employee award, and performed quality control, data analysis, press release editing and other work supporting that monthly report.• Compiled statistics and prepared PowerPoint presentations for CoreLogic’s economists. • Helped ensure data quality with constant trend analysis and investigation of anomalies.

Independent contractor responsible for analyzing and interpreting real estate data and handling daily press calls for one of the nation's most relied-upon sources of real estate information. (DQNews.com was a longtime partner of DataQuick Information Systems, acquired by CoreLogic in 2014). Recognized project manager of a four-contractor team during media events orchestrating workflow management, statistics and data verification, production decision-making and copy editing, ensuring deadlines were met. Established as a trusted and accessible source for enterprising reporters because of a deep understanding of journalists' needs, including data, trend analysis and quotes. Identified and explained real estate trends to the California and national news media, wrote and edited press releases, spoke to industry groups and used databases to prepare custom statistical reports. Helped ensure data quality by constantly vetting the data and studying statistical trends -- steps taken before providing information to the news media.

Covered the statewide and regional real estate markets and housing issues in the state legislature. Spotlighted the risky lending and borrowing practices, including the explosion of sub-prime mortgages, that ultimately helped trigger the last housing bust. In summer 2005 began to chronicle the onset of the Sacramento region's housing slump, which turned out to be one of the worst among California's large metro areas. Ensured readers stayed abreast of market forces and new laws affecting people living in rental housing. Collaborated regularly with editors, photographers and graphic artists while juggling a mix of breaking news and more in-depth articles. Beyond the real estate beat, volunteered stories on outdoor recreation issues, such as lost public access to Central Valley river levees and threats to fisheries.

Daily reporting on all aspects of residential and commercial real estate in Orange County's highly competitive newspaper market. Broke stories by constantly harvesting information from industry sources and the public, combing SEC and court documents, and analyzing local and national real estate and economic data. Focused on, among other things, issues surrounding new and large housing and commercial developments, home financing options, housing affordability and construction defect litigation. Quickly fulfilled a mandate from top editors to greatly expand consumer-oriented coverage of the rental housing market. Wrote regularly about the forces behind changes in rental rates and occupancy levels and highlighted emerging trends such as landlords who were beginning to charge tenants for water, sewer and trash.

Santa Barbara, Ca

Covered all types of business news, especially the local economy, real estate, and the environmental issues and debates surrounding the Santa Barbara region's offshore oil and gas industry.

Southern California

As a full-time stringer, covered city hall, business and other news in the San Gabriel Valley and elsewhere in the Southland.