This paper studies the role of disagreement in amplifying housing cycles. Speculation is easier in the land market than in the housing market due to frictions that make renting less efficient than owner-occupancy. As a result, undeveloped land both facilitates construction and intensifies the...

This paper studies the role of disagreement in amplifying housing cycles. Speculation is easier in the land market than in the housing market due to frictions that make renting less efficient than owner-occupancy. As a result, undeveloped land both facilitates construction and intensifies the...

We compare outcomes obtained by sellers who listed their home on a newly developed For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) web site versus those who used an agent and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). We do not find support for the hypothesis that listing on the MLS helps sellers obtain a significantly...

Nach den Vereinigten Staaten drohen nun auch andere Länder in eine Immobilienkrise abzurutschen. Besonders in Großbritannien und Spanien sprechen bereits viele Anzeichen dafür, dass eine solche Krise bereits ausgebrochen ist, aber auch Frankreich könnte - neben einer Reihe von kleineren...