Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250701 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15040
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines short-, medium-, and long-run price expectations in housing markets. We derive and test six hypothesis about the incidence, formation, and relevance of price expectations. To do so, we use data from a tailored household survey, past sale and rental offerings, satellites, and from an information RCT. As novel findings, we show that price expectations exhibit mean reversion in the long-run. Moreover, we do not find evidence for biases related to individual housing tenure decisions or regret aversion. Confirming existing findings, we show that local market characteristics matter for expectations throughout, as well as aggregate price information. Lastly, we corroborate existing evidence that expectations are relevant for portfolio choice.
Subjects: 
housing markets
price expectations
JEL: 
R21
D84
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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