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The Propagation of Demand Shocks Through Housing Markets

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  • Elliot Anenberg
  • Daniel Ringo

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The presence of incumbent homeowners creates a friction in housing markets, as incumbents may wait to match with a buyer for their current home before buying their next home. Exploiting a shock to housing demand caused by the 2015 surprise cut in Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance premiums, we find that homeowners buy their next home sooner when the probability of their current home selling increases. This effect is especially pronounced in cold housing markets, in which homes take a long time to sell. We build and calibrate a model of the joint buyer-seller decision that explains these findings as a result of homeowners avoiding the cost of owning two homes simultaneously. Simulations of the model demonstrate that stimulus to home buying generates a substantial multiplier effect in cold housing markets by freeing up owners attempting to sell their current home, allowing them to re-enter the market as buyers.

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  • Elliot Anenberg & Daniel Ringo, 2019. "The Propagation of Demand Shocks Through Housing Markets," ERES eres2019_143, European Real Estate Society (ERES).
    • Handle: RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2019_143
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    1. María Pía Olivero & Mikheil Dvalishvili, 2023. "What do fiscal stimulus packages mean for household debt?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 41(2), pages 282-299, April.

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    Keywords

    homeowners; Housing demand; Multipliers; Search frictions; Stimulus;
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    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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