This paper analyzes the effect that living near a sex offender has on the marketability of ones home. Specifically, we estimate the impact on a homes sales price, its list price, and on the length of time it takes to for the home to sell. Since the 1994 passage of Sexual Offender Act (known as...

We examine neighborhood externalities that arise from the perceived risk associated with the proximity of a registered sex offender's residence. We find large negative externality effects on a property's price and liquidity, employing empirical techniques that include a fixed-effects OLS model,...

This paper examines how seller pricing decisions influence listing contract length and how these decisions affect price and liquidity in housing markets. Because list price affects broker effort required to sell the property, brokers respond to seller overpricing by increasing their desired...

We study the external impact of foreclosures, exploring how foreclosed properties affect the liquidity of nearby homes. Empirically, we find a foreclosure increases a nearby home's time-on-market by approximately 30%, on average, which is primarily driven by a disamenity effect. There is...

This paper examines how seller pricing decision influence listing contract length and how these decision affect price and liquidity in housing markets. Because list price affects broker effort required to sell the property, brokers respond to seller overpricing by increasing the negotiated...