Residential Property Price Statistics Across the Globe

16 Pages Posted: 1 Oct 2014

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Michela Scatigna

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Robert Szemere

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Kostas Tsatsaronis

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department

Date Written: September 2014

Abstract

Despite their importance in macroeconomic and financial stability analysis, residential property data are not easily available on a comparable basis. The BIS currently publishes more than 300 price series for 55 countries, among which it has selected one representative series for each country. For 18 countries, it also publishes series that span the period back to the early 1970s. House prices can serve as key indicators of financial stability risks, as property booms are often the source of vulnerabilities that lead to systemic crises.

JEL Classification: R30, R31

Suggested Citation

Scatigna, Michela and Szemere, Robert and Tsatsaronis, Konstantinos, Residential Property Price Statistics Across the Globe (September 2014). BIS Quarterly Review September 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2498635

Michela Scatigna (Contact Author)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Basel, 4002
Switzerland

Robert Szemere

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

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Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Konstantinos Tsatsaronis

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department ( email )

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CH-4002 Basel
Switzerland
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(41 61) 280 9100 (Fax)

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