The Bargaining and Contagion Effects of Investors in Single Family Residential Properties: The Case of Denver Colorado

57 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2020

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Jeffrey Cohen

University of Connecticut - School of Business; Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

John P. Harding

University of Connecticut - School of Business - Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies

Date Written: May 6, 2020

Abstract

We study the bargaining power of investors and the contagion effects of investor-owned single family homes on nearby property values. By controlling for the characteristics of both buyers and sellers, we find that investors tend to have more bargaining power than owner-occupiers — they purchase at lower prices and sell at higher prices, all else equal. We identify two types of investors: Professional Investors (e.g., corporations and partnerships) and Individual Investors. We find differences in the behavior of these two types of investors. For example, Individual Investors tend to invest in homes similar in terms of unobserved quality to those purchased by owner- occupiers. The tendency to buy lower quality homes is primarily attributable to Professional Investors. We also find that Professional Investors have more bargaining power than Individual Investors. For the contagion analysis, we use a repeat sales methodology and find that increasing ownership by investors in a neighborhood is associated with a small positive effect on nearby property values.

Keywords: investor-owned housing, bargaining power, contagion

JEL Classification: R

Suggested Citation

Cohen, Jeffrey and Harding, John P., The Bargaining and Contagion Effects of Investors in Single Family Residential Properties: The Case of Denver Colorado (May 6, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3593980 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3593980

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