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Negative home equity reduces household mobility: Evidence from administrative data

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  • van Veldhuizen, Sander
  • Vogt, Benedikt
  • Voogt, Bart

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We investigate the impact of negative home equity on household residential mobility. We employ a unique administrative panel data set covering nearly the whole population of Dutch homeowners. The data contains a large set of personal characteristics of more than 2,000,000 homeowners. We identify the effect of negative home equity on mobility by exploiting the quasi-exogenous regional variation of the unanticipated housing market shock during 2008–2012, in which real house prices declined by 25%. Households plunging into negative home equity due to unanticipated declining house prices are 21% less likely to move compared to households upholding positive home equity.

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  • van Veldhuizen, Sander & Vogt, Benedikt & Voogt, Bart, 2020. "Negative home equity reduces household mobility: Evidence from administrative data," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 47(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jhouse:v:47:y:2020:i:c:s1051137717302528
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2018.06.010
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    Household mobility; Negative home equity; LTV; Administrative data;
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    JEL classification:

    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household

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