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Home Publications Reports The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is it Real or Is it Another Bubble?

The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is it Real or Is it Another Bubble?

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August 2002, Dean Baker

This paper examines whether the increase in home prices can be grounded in fundamental economic factors or whether it is simply a bubble, similar to the stock market bubble. It concludes that there is a housing bubble. While this process can sustain rising prices for a period of time, it must eventually come to an end.

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