Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7383832 Regional Science and Urban Economics 2014 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
A number of studies have measured negative price effects of foreclosed residential properties on nearby property sales. However, only one other study addresses which mechanism is responsible for these effects. I measure separate effects for different types of foreclosed properties and use these estimates to decompose the effects of foreclosures on nearby home prices into a component that is due to additional available housing supply and a component that is due to dis-amenity stemming from deferred maintenance or vacancy. I estimate that each extra unit of supply decreases prices within 0.05 miles by about 1.2% while the dis-amenity stemming from a foreclosed property is near zero.
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