The recent housing boom and bust in the United States was marked by large differences in the run-up and the subsequent decline of the housing prices both across metro areas and across market segments in the same area. One common observation in many metro areas is that the low-tier S&P...

In this study we examine the dynamics of return spillovers across four markets: the housing market, the mortgage and equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) markets, and the stock market in the United States. Applying the spillover index methodology by Diebold and Yilmaz (2012) on monthly...

Contagion occurs when cross-market correlation increases because of a shock to one market. Identifying shocks as episodes of house price exuberance, we provide evidence for contagion effects among the largest metropolitan markets in the US. We find that changes in income, interest rates, and...