Tenreyro, Silvana ORCID: 0000-0002-9816-7452 and Ngai, L. Rachel ORCID: 0009-0005-1605-856X
(2015)
You have more chance of finding the house you want in the summer. But you’ll pay more for it.
USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog
(05 Mar 2015).
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Abstract
For many of us, purchasing a house is one of the most important financial decisions that we will ever make. But does when we buy or sell a house matter? In new research, Silvana Tenreyro and Liwa R. Ngai find that housing markets are seasonal, with prices rising in the spring and summer, and declining in the fall and winter. They argue that this is due to a self-reinforcing pattern where a ‘hot season’ leads to more choice for buyers, who are in turn willing to pay more for houses that are a better quality match.
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