Supply restrictions, subprime lending and regional US house prices

Andre Anundsen () and Christian Heebøll

Journal of Housing Economics, 2016, vol. 31, issue C, 54-72

Abstract: With regard to the recent US house price cycle, we analyze how the interaction between housing supply restrictions, mortgage credit constraints and a price-to-price feedback loop affects house price volatility. Considering 247 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, we estimate a simultaneous boom-bust system for house prices, housing supply and subprime lending. The model accounts for regional differences in supply elasticities that are determined by local variations in topographical and regulatory supply restrictions. Our results suggest that tighter supply restrictions lead to both a larger house price boom and bust, and that this is due to supply restricted areas being significantly more exposed to a financial accelerator effect and a price-to-price expectation mechanism. We further find that the presence of endogenous price acceleration mechanisms contribute to dilute the positive relationship between the total quantity response and the supply elasticity during a housing boom.

Keywords: Regional boom-bust cycles; Housing supply restrictions; Subprime lending; Financial accelerator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 R14 R21 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: Supply Restrictions, Subprime Lending and Regional US House Prices (2015)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2016.02.001

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