Dynamics of the Long Term Housing Yield: Evidence from Natural Experiments
Every month, a fraction of UK property leases are extended for another 90 years or more. We build a new dataset of thousands of these natural experiments from 2000 onwards to estimate the expected long term housing yield, y*. Starting from a level of 5.3%, y* starts to fall during the Great Recession, reaching a low of 2.8% in 2023. Real time data shows y* has not risen since 2021, despite rising shorter term yields. Cross-sectional estimates show that y* is higher in areas with more housing risk, and falls by more in areas with more inelastic housing supply.
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Copy CitationVerónica Bäcker-Peral, Jonathon Hazell, and Atif R. Mian, "Dynamics of the Long Term Housing Yield: Evidence from Natural Experiments," NBER Working Paper 31760 (2023), https://doi.org/10.3386/w31760.Download Citation
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Non-Technical Summaries
- The long-term yield of housing, or rent-to-price ratio, contains information about the expected long-term outlook of the economy....
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Verónica Bäcker-Peral & Jonathon Hazell & Atif Mian, 2026. "Dynamics of the Long-Term Housing Yield: Evidence from Natural Experiments," American Economic Review, vol 116(3), pages 1014-1051.
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