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House prices and fundamental value

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  • John Krainer
  • Chishen Wei

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This Economic Letter describes one of the measures commonly used to gauge the fundamental value of housing?the price-rent ratio. We describe the kinds of forces that cause the ratio to move over time and document which forces appear to be most important. We document the way that the housing market typically adjusts to changes in economic fundamentals.

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  • John Krainer & Chishen Wei, 2004. "House prices and fundamental value," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue oct1.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfel:y:2004:i:oct1:n:2004-27
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