As the head of the research department at Florida Realtors, he oversees the production of the association’s widely-cited monthly housing market statistics, as well as numerous other economic and statistical research projects. His commentary on Florida’s real estate markets regularly appears in major newspapers around the state and has been featured in several national publications, including The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

Dr. O’Connor received his bachelor’s degree in economics from The Ohio State University, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Florida State University, where his academic research chiefly involved the impacts of land use regulations on housing markets. Prior to joining Florida Realtors®, Dr. O’Connor served as a statistical consultant for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando.