Can Tightness in the Housing Market Help Predict Subsequent Home Price Appreciation? Evidence from the U.S. and the Netherlands

Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming

Posted: 10 Apr 2014

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Paul E. Carrillo

George Washington University - Department of Economics

Erik R. de Wit

University of Amsterdam - Finance Group; Tinbergen Institute

William D. Larson

Department of the Treasury, Office of Financial Research

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Date Written: March 29, 2014

Abstract

This paper assesses the predictive power of variables that measure market tightness, such as seller's bargaining power and sale probabilities, on future home prices. Theoretical insights from a stylized search-and-matching model illustrate that such indicators can be associated with subsequent home price appreciation. The empirical analysis employs listings data on residential units offered for sale through a real estate broker in the Netherlands and for certain U.S. regions. Individual records are used to construct quarterly home price indices, an index that measures seller's bargaining power, and (quality adjusted) home sale probabilities. Using conventional time-series models we show that current sale probabilities and bargaining power can significantly reduce home price appreciation forecast errors and help to predict turning points in local area housing markets. The measures and approaches in this paper help to demonstrate ways in which researchers and practitioners can leverage listings data to gain knowledge about the current and future state of the housing market.

Keywords: Forecasting, Home prices, Bargaining power, Time on the market, Information asymmetries, Listing Data

Suggested Citation

Carrillo, Paul E. and de Wit, Erik R. and Larson, William D., Can Tightness in the Housing Market Help Predict Subsequent Home Price Appreciation? Evidence from the U.S. and the Netherlands (March 29, 2014). Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2423037

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