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structural search model that allows housing owners to buy second houses to let out, and let rents be determined endogenously. To …In this paper, I explore and explain how buy-to-let investors affect housing price dynamics. The impact of buy …-to-let investors on the housing market is much discussed by policy makers, but previously not considered in the literature. I develop a …
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model, the search and matching theory and behavioral economics. Concerning the latter, we propose a new framework to explain …We review the existing literature on the causes of vacancies in the housing market. First, we present a detailed … vacancies in the housing market in the context of prospect theory which could be extended by future research. Second, we …
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This chapter surveys the literature on the microstructure of housing markets. It considers one-sided search, random … matching, and directed search models. It also examines the bargaining that takes place once a match has occurred, with the … bargaining taking various forms, including two-party negotiations of different types and multiparty housing auctions. The chapter …
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from the housing slump sooner, faster, and more prominently than slower sales. The simulated stock-flow matching model can …, indicating the importance of stock-flow matching for understanding housing market dynamics. …This paper investigates the US housing market from just before the Great Recession onward (2006-19) and assesses the …
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housing slump sooner, faster, and more prominently than slower sales. The simulated stock-flow matching model can not only … the importance of stock-flow matching for understanding housing market dynamics. …This paper investigates the US housing market from just before the Great Recession onward (2006-2019) and assesses the …
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Housing prices and household borrowing are expected to be tightly connected to each other. Better availability of … credit eases liquidity constraints of households, which is likely to lead to higher demand for housing. On the other hand …, housing prices may significantly influence household borrowing through various wealth effects. Employing time series …
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We study early default, defined as serious delinquency or foreclosure in the first year, among nonprime mortgages from the 2001 to 2007 vintages. After documenting a dramatic rise in such defaults and discussing their correlates, we examine two primary explanations: changes in underwriting...
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during busts. The standard model of housing demand treats housing as a quantity of "housing services", an imaginary … housing services as fixed is able to do this. This is shown by means of a formal analysis of a model in which households that … differ in income are allocated over a given housing stock. In particular, the model predicts that the price of housing as a …
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Home price expectations are believed to play an important role in housing dynamics, yet we have limited understanding …. These results are consistent with recent behavioral models of housing cycles. Finally, we present robust evidence of home … price expectations impacting (actual and intended) housing-related behaviors, both in the cross section and within-individual. …
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Assets in tax-deferred retirement accounts (TDA) and housing are two major components of household portfolios. In this … paper, we develop a life-cycle model to examine the interaction between households' use of TDA and their housing decisions … earlier in their lives. On the other hand, housing-related policies, such as a minimum down payment requirement and mortgage …
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