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House Prices, Fundamentals and Inflation

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  • Angela Black

    (University of Aberdeen Business School)

  • Patricia Fraser

    (University of Aberdeen Business School)

  • Martin Hoesli

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This paper studies actual house prices relative to fundamental house prices. Using UK data and a time-varying present value approach, we find that deviations of house prices fromtheir fundamental value (as warranted by real disposable income) are significant but not dominated by speculative activity; the driving force appears to be over-sensitivityto expectations over fundamentals. Our findings suggest that inflation (excluding house prices) responds asymmetrically with more impact on future inflation from turning points at peaks of overevaluation compared to turning points at troughs of underevaluation; and the turning points appear to have independent forecasting ability for inflation. This suggests that house prices have information about inflation which could be exploited by the MOnetary Policy Committee (MPC).

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  • Angela Black & Patricia Fraser & Martin Hoesli, 2005. "House Prices, Fundamentals and Inflation," FAME Research Paper Series rp129, International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering.
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    House Prices; Fundamentals; Inflation; Monetary Policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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