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Ownership Restriction and Housing Value: Evidence from American Housing survey

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  • Zhenguo Lin

    (Mississippi State University)

  • Yingchun Liu

    (Texas Tech University)

  • Vincent W. Yao

    (Fannie Mae)

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Amendments to the Fair Lending Act have exempted an age restriction on ownership from fair housing prohibitions. This paper studies the economic impact of such ownership restriction on housing values. Using American Housing Survey data, we find that there is a significant premium attached to the restrictive covenant when other factors are controlled. In particular, we find that imposing age restriction on ownership increases the housing values by anywhere from 10.5% to 12.7%. At the average house value, this is equivalent to a dollar amount between $14,642 and $17,399. The estimates are robust to different specifications in hedonic equations.

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  • Zhenguo Lin & Yingchun Liu & Vincent W. Yao, 2010. "Ownership Restriction and Housing Value: Evidence from American Housing survey," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 32(2), pages 201-220.
    • Handle: RePEc:jre:issued:v:32:n:2:2010:p:201-220
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    1. Charles Carter & Zhenguo Lin & Marcus Allen & William Haloupek, 2013. "Another Look at Effects of “Adults-Only” Age Restrictions on Housing Prices," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 115-130, January.

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    • L85 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Real Estate Services

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