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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957532003321

Autore

Tsounta Evridiki

Titolo

Is the Canadian Housing Market Overvalued? A Post-crisis Assessment / / Evridiki Tsounta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612844362

9781462339617

1462339611

9781451873825

1451873824

9781282844360

1282844369

9781452729879

1452729875

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

20 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

301.5;301.540971

Soggetti

Housing - Econometric models - Canada

Housing - Prices - Canada

Alberta

Bank

Business

Business cycle

Canada

Consumer price index

Credit (finance)

Debt

Economic equilibrium

Economic growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2009."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Recent Housing Market Developments -- A. The Run-up in House Prices and Construction -- B.



Reversal in House Prices -- III. Macrofinancial Linkages from the Housing Market -- IV. Existing Literature -- V. Econometric Model and Results -- VI. Conclusions -- References -- Figures -- 1. Canada.  Cummulative Increase in Resale House Prices -- 2. G-7. Price-to-income and price-to-rent ratios, 1970-2009 -- 3. Select Eastern Canadian Provinces: House Price Over/Undervaluation, 1993Q1-2009Q2 -- 4. Select Western Canadian Provinces: House Price Over/Udnervaluation, 1993Q1-2009Q2 -- Tables -- 1. Real Prices of New  Houses and Land, 1995-2009Q2 -- 2. Determinants of House Prices in Select Canadian Provinces.

Sommario/riassunto

Canadian house prices have increased significantly between 2003 and early 2008, with a marked downward trend since mid-2008, especially in the resource-rich western provinces. This paper estimates the evolution of equilibrium real home prices during this period in key provinces and finds that, following recent declines, home prices are now generally close to equilibrium throughout Canada. However, house prices in Alberta and British Columbia remain around 8 percent overvalued at the end of the sample (second quarter of 2009). Despite the limitations of econometric estimates of house-price dynamics, the measured small degree of overvaluation suggests that the Canadian housing market is essentially at equilibrium.