Houses and Apartments: Similar Assets, Different Financials

Peter Chinloy, Prashant Das and Jonathan Wiley

Journal of Real Estate Research, 2014, vol. 36, issue 4, 409-434

Abstract: The demand for investment for any asset including houses and apartments depends on a relative yield-price ratio. In an equilibrium structure, the yield-price ratio is shown to depend explicitly on interest rates, capital gains, and the loan-to-value ratio. We examine U.S. quarterly data for the 1986 to 2010 period. We find that starts on houses are highly sensitive to interest rates and capital gains, while those for apartments are not. Apartments are sensitive to equity availability. While similar assets, houses and apartments respond differently to each of these financial variables.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2014.12091401

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