Showing 1 - 10 of 883
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002877217
House prices in many industrial countries increased dramatically in the years prior to 2007. Countries with the largest increases in household debt relative to income experienced the fastest run-ups in house prices over the same period. During the run-up, many economists and policymakers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007703
meltdown in homeownership. We point to agency and information problems in the mortgage origination and securitization market … dynamics and excessive volatility undermine the objective of sustainable homeownership. This requires attention from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115541
liberalization effects of rent and credit regulation as well as homeownership and austerity policies. Drawing on a long-run time … dampening price increases, while certain homeownership and tenant subsidies and government austerity increase the likelihood of … bubbles. The paper illustrates the logic of rent, credit, homeownership and austerity effects with two case studies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438445
This study applies the newly developed bubble detection method (Phillips, Wu and Yu, 2011) to identifying asset bubbles in the Hong Kong residential property market. Our empirical results show that the method is capable of detecting the 1997 bubble and is able to reveal the corresponding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112092
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400859
We describe a rational expectations model in which speculative bubbles in house prices can emerge. Within this model both speculators and their lenders use interest-only mortgages (IOs) rather than traditional mortgages when there is a bubble. Absent a bubble, there is no tendency for IOs to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732146
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009561729
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009423952
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488374