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Expectations and Urban Housing Prices

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  • John F. McDonald

    (Department of Economics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois)

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This paper presents a simple model of price expectations and urban housing prices. The empirical results for a sample of houses sold in the city of Chicago during 1970-1972 indicate that the expectation of nominal price increase, estimated as an extrapolation of past price increases in the neighborhood, have a significant impact on the current price.

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  • John F. McDonald, 1985. "Expectations and Urban Housing Prices," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 22(6), pages 543-549, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:22:y:1985:i:6:p:543-549
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988520080901
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