Catherine House, FRICS, CCIM, is the SVN National Healthcare Chair of the 1,600+ commercial real estate brokerage firm SVN. As Chair she is responsible for coordinating healthcare related commercial real estate activities, in particular, medical & dental office buildings and seniors housing (ALF’s, SNF’s, MC, etc.) throughout the company. She is particularly known for her experience in the acquisition and disposition of medical & office buildings, medical condominiums and neighborhood commercial buildings throughout Northern California. She is also a frequent industry speaker on the commercial real estate industry, with a focus on healthcare real estate.

In 2010, San Francisco Business Times named her one of the “Most Influential Women in Business in the Bay Area”. Catherine’s career in commercial real estate began in 1993 in London, England where she graduated as a Chartered Surveyor and worked for CBRE until she was recruited to this country in 2001. Much of her success in the real estate field can be attributed to her early years of training as a Chartered Surveyor as well as her subsequent designation as a CCIM, conferred upon commercial real estate leaders with a proven record of success in the field as well as mastery of financial, market, and investment analysis. At SVN she is one of the top producing brokers, ranked in the top 10% of the 1,600+ brokers nationally every year since she joined.

Catherine earned her real estate degree (BSc. Hons.) in commercial real estate (valuation, law and construction) at South Bank University, London, England. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and enjoys skeet shooting, skiing and playing the drums in her spare