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Changing Tastes: Estimating Changing Attribute Prices in Hedonic and Repeat Sales Models

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  • Tao Chen
  • John Harding

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Repeat sales indices are commonly used to estimate the trend in house prices. Two assumptions are made when estimating these indices: 1) that the house characteristics are unchanged between observed sales and 2) that the underlying shadow prices for those attributes are constant or change proportionally. The second assumption is the focus of this paper. First, using data from the American Housing Survey, we show that certain attribute prices in Chicago changed idiosyncratically between 1985 and 2011. These results confirm earlier reports of changing tastes and attribute prices. We show that such changes can be approximated in a hedonic model with a low order polynomial functional form. We find that a simple extension of the standard repeat sales methodology can be used to test for and estimate changes in characteristic prices attributable to changing tastes. Our results are of interest to all users of repeat sales indices, but especially those portfolio investors interested in estimating current values of homes securing loans in their portfolio to help manage delinquencies and defaults. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016

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  • Tao Chen & John Harding, 2016. "Changing Tastes: Estimating Changing Attribute Prices in Hedonic and Repeat Sales Models," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 52(2), pages 141-175, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jrefec:v:52:y:2016:i:2:p:141-175
    DOI: 10.1007/s11146-015-9497-0
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    Cited by:

    1. Beimer, Waldemar & Maennig, Wolfgang, 2020. "On the price gap between single family houses and apartments," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
    2. Glennon, Dennis & Kiefer, Hua & Mayock, Tom, 2018. "Measurement error in residential property valuation: An application of forecast combination," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 1-29.
    3. Tripti Sharma & Declan French & Donal McKillop, 2022. "Risk and Equity Release Mortgages in the UK," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 64(2), pages 274-297, February.

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    Keywords

    Repeat sales index; House prices; Time-varying attribute prices; Mortgage delinquency and default; G33 C1;
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    JEL classification:

    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General

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