For most citizens, buying a residential property (dwelling) is the most important transaction during their lifetime. Residential properties represent the most significant component of households’ expenses and, at the same time, their most valuable assets. The Residential Property Prices...

Monitoring property price dynamics is a necessary task for central banks in order to maintain financial stability in the economy. Big data offers potential as a new source of data that might be used to produce official statistics on property. In this paper, we develop an alternative residential...

In this paper we explore the long term movement in the housing prices in select American cities. Using the monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, we look at the stability of housing prices in 14 selected large American cities. We undertake the ADF (GLS) unit root test for the index in each...