Does the Rise in Housing Prices Suggest a Housing Bubble?

Andrew Haughwout and Belicia Rodriguez

No 20210908a, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: House prices have risen rapidly during the pandemic, increasing even faster than the pace set before the 2007 financial crisis and subsequent recession. Is there a risk that another dangerous housing bubble is developing? This is a complicated question, and the answer has many components. This post, the first of two, provides a more detailed look at the recent rise in home prices by breaking it down geographically, with a comparison to the pre-2007 bubble. The second post looks at the potential risks to financial stability by comparing the currently outstanding stock of mortgage debt to the period before the financial crisis and projecting defaults should prices decline.

Keywords: housing; cities; prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R10 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09-08
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