Increased housing supply leads to lower house prices – In 2016, Auckland, NZ, implemented a zoning reform to permit multi-family housing in areas previously zoned exclusively for single-family homes. This led to a massive increase in housing supply, with house prices falling between 15-27%.
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Data on real estate prices in the US across 1890–2006 shows that real prices for rent have increased by 60% 📈 and real house prices have nearly quadrupled 🏠. Stringent land use and zoning regulations (e.g. bans on anything but single-family housing) are key contributing factors.
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The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006*
Abstract. We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the 20th century using 2.7 million newspaper real
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Rising wealth dispersion 💰 and stagnating housing supply 🏠 explain the increase in US housing costs. Demand-side policies (e.g. down payment assistance) cause upward pressure on house prices while supply-side policies (e.g. tax credits for development) lower house prices by increasing the housing stock.
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Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison
(Summer 2025) - Recent decades have seen house prices grow strongly relative to incomes, making housing ever less affordable. We develop and quantify a model of segmented housing markets to study the drivers of rising housing costs and to evaluate policies…