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The housing stock, housing prices, and user costs: The roles of location, structure and unobserved quality
Halket, Jonathan; Nesheim, Lars; Oswald, Florian - 2020
Which housing characteristics are important for understanding homeownership rates? How are housing characteristics … theories of homeownership? Using the English Housing Survey, we estimate a selection model of the allocation of properties to … correlations between rent-to-price ratios and homeownership rates. These patterns are consistent with, among others, hypotheses of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012621082
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Do regional house prices converge? Evidence from a major developing economy
Ganioğlu, Aytül; Seven, Ünal - In: Central Bank Review (CBR) 21 (2021) 1, pp. 17-24
This paper analyzes the long-run convergence of regional house prices in a major developing country, Turkey. Using a non-linear time-varying factor model and quarterly hedonic house price data from 2010 to 2018, we find that house prices do not converge across 26 regions of Turkey. Results...
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New flight regimes and exposure to aircraft noise: Identifying housing price effects using a ratio-of-ratios approach
Boes, Stefan; Nüesch, Stephan - 2009
In October 2003, a new flight regime was introduced at Zurich airport that significantly changed the levels of noise pollution in surrounding communities. We investigate the impact of the new flight policy on apartment prices using a hedonic price model and a non-linear difference-in-differences...
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Neighborhood Diversity and the Appreciation of Native- and Immigrant-Owned Homes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009
This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in homevalue appreciation in Australia …
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Neighborhood diversity and the appreciation of native- and immigrant-owned homes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009
This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in home-value appreciation in Australia …
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Subprime mortgages, foreclosures, and urban neighborhoods
Gerardi, Kristopher S.; Willen, Paul S. - 2009
commonly believed, lead to a substantial increase in homeownership by minorities but instead generated turnover in properties …
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Do the elderly reduce housing equity? An international comparison
Chiuri, Maria Concetta; Jappelli, Tullio - 2008
We explore the pattern of elderly homeownership using microeconomic surveys of 15 OECD countries, merging 60 national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298403
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Homeownership and Labour Market Behaviour: Interpreting the Evidence
Rouwendal, Jan; Nijkamp, Peter - 2007
causal relationship from homeownership to unemployment. The literature confirms a decreasing effect of homeownership on …, there are clear indications that there is also an effect of homeownership on the search for jobs on the local labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325367
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Varieties of housing finance in historical perspective: The impact of mortgage finance systems on urban structures and homeownership
Blackwell, Timothy; Kohl, Sebastian - 2017
towards multi-story building structure, low homeownership rates and lower securitization levels in the twentieth century. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612913
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On the Negative Relationship between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership : Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2004
Barriers to homeownership have traditionally been an important research and policy issue. In particular, the role of … income uncertainty and credit constraints exert a significant negative effect on the probability of homeownership. Our main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261962