Spatial and temporal diffusion of property prices and sales across British regions

Anton Salov

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 2024, vol. 17, issue 6, 1392-1421

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this study is to reveal the dynamics of house prices and sales in spatial and temporal dimensions across British regions. Design/methodology/approach - This paper incorporates two empirical approaches to describe the behaviour of property prices across British regions. The models are applied to two different data sets. The first empirical approach is to apply the price diffusion model proposed by Hollyet al.(2011) to the UK house price index data set. The second empirical approach is to apply a bivariate global vector autoregression model without a time trend to house prices and transaction volumes retrieved from the nationwide building society. Findings - Identifying shocks to London house prices in the GVAR model, based on the generalized impulse response functions framework, I find some heterogeneity in responses to house price changes; for example, South East England responds stronger than the remaining provincial regions. The main pattern detected in responses and characteristic for each region is the fairly rapid fading of the shock. The spatial-temporal diffusion model demonstrates the presence of a ripple effect: a shock emanating from London is dispersed contemporaneously and spatially to other regions, affecting prices in nondominant regions with a delay. Originality/value - The main contribution of this work is the betterment in understanding how house price changes move across regions and time within a UK context.

Keywords: House prices; Housing markets; Panel data; Spatial dependence; Ripple effect; Global VAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-09-2023-0118

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