Long-Term Growth in Housing Prices and Stock Returns

62 Pages Posted: 6 May 2009 Last revised: 14 Jul 2011

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Henock Louis

Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business

Amy X. Sun

University of Houston

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Date Written: April 28, 2011

Abstract

A firm’s long-term stock returns are negatively related to past growth in housing prices in the state where the firm is located. The housing price effect is persistent, and robust to controlling for the long-term stock return reversal effect, changes in mortgage interest rates across the states, cyclicality in housing prices, and overall local economic conditions. There is no evidence that extant asset pricing models can adequately explain the effect. The study discusses potential explanations for, and the implications of, the cross-regional housing price effect.

Keywords: Housing prices, Home bias, Stock mispricing, Trading strategy, Economic crisis

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14, R3

Suggested Citation

Louis, Henock and Sun, Amy X., Long-Term Growth in Housing Prices and Stock Returns (April 28, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1398443 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1398443

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University of Houston ( email )

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