This paper introduces Nash bargaining into a search model in order to identify various channels through which vacancy affects selling price and liquidity in the resale market for houses. The model shows the various vacancy effects in the form of greater seller holding cost, lower seller...

Given the significant role of real estate agents in the housing market, this study examines how agents' incentives regarding the size of their listing inventories indirectly affect residential home prices and liquidity. The theory shows that taking on additional inventory generates a critical...