Michael Simonsen

Chief Economist at Compass. Prev: Founder, CEO of Altos Research. Helping everyone understand the US housing economy.

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Advisor, Investor
Jan 2018
Homebuyer.com makes buying homes better.
Advisor Partner, Investor
Jul 2016
Anew develops luxury micro-apartment communities. We finance, redevelop and manage an entirely different multifamily portfolio. We marry historic buildings with luxurious micro apartments and additional programming and services that enrich the lives of our community members. Anew’s projects are always located in the most vibrant neighborhoods and provide active urbanites with a complete live/work/play experience at a fraction of the cost of traditional rental options. Headquartered in Seattle, our team collectively has over 30 years of multifamily real estate experience managing the day to day operations of income-producing properties.
Experience · 4 entries
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2018
Advisor, Investor
Jan 2018
Homebuyer.com makes buying homes better.
2016
Advisor Partner, Investor
Jul 2016
Anew develops luxury micro-apartment communities. We finance, redevelop and manage an entirely different multifamily portfolio. We marry historic buildings with luxurious micro apartments and additional programming and services that enrich the lives of our community members. Anew’s projects are always located in the most vibrant neighborhoods and provide active urbanites with a complete live/work/play experience at a fraction of the cost of traditional rental options. Headquartered in Seattle, our team collectively has over 30 years of multifamily real estate experience managing the day to day operations of income-producing properties.
2012
Board Member, San Francisco
2012
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2005
Co-founder, CEO
Dec 2005
Altos Research is the premier resource for real-time real estate data. Altos offers weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting for 99% of the zip codes in the U.S., helping real estate professionals, investors, financial institutions, and their clients make better-informed decisions. Traditional real estate analysis uses highly latent, regional data that can lag several months behind what's currently happening in the market. Altos uses proprietary technology to analyze how the market is doing right now, neighborhood by neighborhood, so clients can start each week with real-time, actionable intelligence. Founded in 2005, Altos is led by CEO Mike Simonsen, a real estate market expert whose insights are regularly cited in national media such as Forbes, New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Wall Street Journal.
early stageReal Estate
Investment activity
2012–2018 · 3 investments
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