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The German Housing Market Cycle: Answers to FAQs

Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 20/2020

33 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2020

See all articles by Florian Kajuth

Florian Kajuth

Deutsche Bundesbank

Date Written: 2020

Abstract

This paper analyses the behaviour of prices and supply on the German housing market taking into account the interaction between prices and quantities. A novel price index for residential property prices covering the whole country going back to 1993 is used in a macroeconomic model to estimate key housing market elasticities for Germany. A decomposition suggests that the land price component of house prices is relatively elastic with respect to income and interest rates, while the construction price component responds to income and the level of construction activity. The decomposition also highlights countervailing house price effects of a supply increase: A dampening effect via land prices and a stimulating effect via construction prices.

Keywords: Residential property prices, residential investment, housing market cycle

JEL Classification: R21, R31, E32

Suggested Citation

Kajuth, Florian, The German Housing Market Cycle: Answers to FAQs (2020). Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 20/2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3581221 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3581221

Florian Kajuth (Contact Author)

Deutsche Bundesbank ( email )

Wilhelm-Epstein-Str. 14
Frankfurt/Main, 60431
Germany

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