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Commuting Costs and Geographic Sorting in the Housing Market

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The demand for housing is heavily influenced by access to employment opportunities. The cost of gasoline determines, in part, the cost of such access and therefore the relative demand across markets with varying commuting needs. Locally exogenous gasoline price movements demonstrate the causal impact of higher fuel costs on housing markets: a shift of market demand toward real estate markets with less costly commutes. Higher fuel prices increase the value of real estate with shorter commutes and easier access to driving alternatives relative to more driving dependent homes. Every incremental $1 per gallon of gasoline reduces home values by 0.143% for every additional mile relative to counterfactual markets, or $5,200 for the average home and commute. This translates into a discount rate of 6.4%, comparable to mortgage rates for the period.

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  • Thomas Blake, 2019. "Commuting Costs and Geographic Sorting in the Housing Market," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 47(4), pages 1089-1118, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reesec:v:47:y:2019:i:4:p:1089-1118
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.12159
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