Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
59 Pages Posted: 9 Feb 2011
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Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
Date Written: February 2011
Abstract
Some booms in housing prices are followed by busts. Others are not. In either case it is difficult to find observable fundamentals that are correlated with price movements. We develop a model that is consistent with these observations. Agents have heterogeneous expectations about long-run fundamentals but change their views because of "social dynamics". Agents meet randomly and those with tighter priors are more likely to convert other agents to their beliefs. The model generates a "fad": the fraction of the population with a particular view rises and then falls. Depending on which agent is correct about fundamentals, these fads generate boom-busts or protracted booms.
Keywords: housing prices, real estate
JEL Classification: E32
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