Dr. Lawrence Yun is chief economist and oversees the research group at the National Association of REALTORS^®. He supervises and is responsible for a wide range of research activities for the association, including NAR's existing home sales statistics, affordability index, and Home Buyers and Sellers Profile Report. He regularly provides commentary on real estate market trends.

Lawrence creates NAR's forecasts and participates in many economic forecasting panels, among them the Blue Chip Council and the Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Survey. He also participates in the Industrial Economists Discussion Group at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. He appears regularly on financial news outlets, is a frequent speaker at real estate conferences throughout the United States and has testified before Congress. Lawrence has also appeared as a guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. In 2025, the Wall Street Journal congratulated him for having one of the closest forecasts for 2024.

Lawrence received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park.