Recent research shows the benefit of access to public open space differs by housing density, suggesting that public recreational open space can act as a substitute for private open space. We explore spatial externalities from different forms of open space across housing densities. We also test...

With significant declines in home prices since 2007, many U.S. households have found the balance of their mortgage exceeding the value of their property. These underwater homes leave owners with the dilemma of continuing to pay on their note or relinquishing their property either through...

This paper extends the existing literature on managing house price risk. While previous work finds that a hedger would have reduced a large amount of variance in housing returns in Las Vegas, Nevada using a static in-sample strategy in Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contracts, we show...