scholarly journals Housing Price, Mortgage Interest Rate and Immigration

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Fennee Chong
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Mortgage Interest ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Mortgage Interest Rate ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact

AbstractHousing price in New Zealand has appreciated substantially after the Global Financial Crisis, resulting in an affordability problem for first home buyers. This paper studies whether changes in immigration activity and mortgage interest rate influence housing price. Empirical findings derived using VECM confirm the impact of immigration and mortgage interest rate on housing property price. Both variables explain 11.4 percent of the variation of Housing Index. An increase of 1 percent in mortgage interest rate would reduce the housing index movement by 1.44 percent whilst a 1 percent increase in immigrants would increase the housing index by 0.30 percent. In addition, about 2 percent of the short-run deviations of housing prices are adjusted towards the long-run equilibrium each month.

Volatility of Malaysian conventional and Islamic indices: does financial crisis matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamad Abduh
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to investigate the volatility of conventional and Islamic indices and to explore the impact of the global financial crisis toward the volatility of both markets in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The data consist of financial times stock exchange group (FTSE) Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah-Shari‘ah Index covering the period January 2008-October 2014. Generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity is used to find the volatility of the two markets and an ordinary least square model is then used to investigate the impact of the crisis toward the volatility of those markets. Findings Interestingly, the result shows that Islamic index is less volatile during the crisis compared to the conventional index. Furthermore, the crisis is proven to significantly affect the volatility of conventional index in the short run and Islamic index in the long run. Originality/value This study explores the volatility–financial crisis nexus, especially for the Islamic financial markets, which to the best of the author’s knowledge, is still lacking empirical research which may improve the understanding upon this issue.

scholarly journals Conventional Mortgage Interest Rate and The Effective Federal Funds Rate Pass-Through

1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
M.H. Tuttle ◽  
Natalie Hegwood
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Federal Funds ◽  
Federal Funds Rate ◽  
Mortgage Interest ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Rate Adjustment ◽  
Mortgage Interest Rate ◽  
Short Run ◽  
One To One ◽  
Pass Through

This paper examines the response of the conventional thirty-year mortgageinterest rate to changes in the effective federal funds rate. The results indicatecomplete pass-through; in the long run, the conventional mortgage interest rateresponds in a one-to-one manner with the effective federal funds rate. Further,results suggest the conventional mortgage interest rate responds symmetrically tochanges in the effective federal funds rate in the long run. In the short run, large,frequent increases in the effective federal funds rate create larger increases in themortgage interest rate relative to periods where the federal funds rate is rising slowlyor falling. Our results suggest a long-run mortgage interest rate adjustment half-lifeof approximately twenty months in response to an effective federal funds ratechange.

scholarly journals Long-run drivers and short-term dynamics of Swedish real house prices

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maher Asal
Keyword(s):  
House Prices ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Real Effective Exchange Rate ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mortgage Interest ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Effective Exchange ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to assess the long-run drivers and short-term dynamics of real house prices in Sweden for 1986Q1 to 2016Q4. More specifically, the author examines the extent to which real house prices are determined by affordability, demographics and asset price factors. Design/methodology/approach The author conducts a cointegration analysis and applies a vector autoregression model to examine the long- and short-run responsiveness of Swedish real house prices to a number of key categories of fundamental variables. Findings The empirical results indicate that house prices will increase in the long run by 1.04 per cent in response to a 1 per cent increase in household real disposable income, whereas real after-tax mortgage interest and real effective exchange rates show average long-term effects of approximately – 8 and – 0.7 per cent, respectively. In addition, the results show that the growth of real house prices is affected by growth in mortgage credit, real after-tax mortgage interest rates and disposable incomes in the short run, whereas the real effective exchange rate is the most significant determinant of Swedish real house appreciation. Originality/value The impact of the two lending restrictions been implemented after the financial crisis – the mortgage cap in October 2010 and the amortization requirement in June 2016 – are ineffective to stabilize the housing market. This suggests that macroprudential measures designed to ease pressure on housing prices and reduce risks to financial stability need to focus on these fundamentals and address the issues of tax deductibility on mortgage rates and the gradual implementation of debt-to-income limits to contain mortgage demand and improve households’ resilience to shocks.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF MONEY ON OUTPUT IN CZECH REPUBLIC AND ROMANIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela SIMIONESCU ◽  
Adam P. BALCERZAK ◽  
Yuriy BILAN ◽  
Anna KOTÁSKOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Vector Error Correction Models ◽  
The Impact

The problem of relationship between output and money has become again a subject of special interests of economists after the most recent global financial crisis and monetary stabilization policies applied by central banks of almost all developed economies. In this context, the main aim of this paper is to assess the relation between GDP and the most important monetary variables in two countries: Romania and Czech Republic over the period of 1995:Q1 – 2015:Q4. The choice of these economies was deliberate. The selected countries are different from the viewpoint of rate and results of transformation from the centrally planned to market economy, which have influenced their current economic environment stability. Czech Republic is currently classified as middle or even developed country, whereas Romania is still considered as a developing economy. Thus, differences between these two countries make them interesting in the case of comparative studies. In the empirical part of our research the vector error correction models (VECM) were applied. The main findings of the article are the following: in Romania, there is a short-run causality from money supply (M3) to GDP and a long-run relationship between GDP, internal credit and M3. According to Granger causality test, the rate of M3 in Romania was a cause for economic. In Czech Republic, there is a short-run causality from M3 to GDP and a long-run causality between GDP, internal credit and M3. Thus, the results contradict the money neutrality hypothesis in post-transformation Central European economies.

scholarly journals The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on US Islamic and Conventional Equity

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Mazhar Hallak Kantakji Mazhar Hallak Kantakji
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Stock Index ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Us ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

This study explores the influence of economic fundamentals on both Islamic and conventional equity in the US stock market by applying various methods of time series techniques focusing on the period from January 1996 to September 2013. The empirical results show that the exogenous variables are industrial production (IP), interest rate (T3), and consumer production index (CPI); whereas Islamic stock index (IS), conventional stock index (CS), and money supply (M2) are endogenous variables. When IP, T3, or CPI receives a shock, it will deviate from the equilibrium and will transmit the shock to other variables whereas if IS, CS, or M2 undergoes a shock, the long-run combination will correct it through the short-run adjustment to the equilibrium. The empirical findings also reveal a higher impact of industrial production and lower impact of interest rate on Islamic equity, as compared to conventional equity. Our results are consistent with the theory that Islamic finance, due to its effective Sharīʿah screening process, is more prevalent in the real economic sector and less associated with interest-based activities.

scholarly journals Pooled Mean Group Approach to Test the Determinants of Financial Integration: Evidence From OECD and G20 Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Ahliman Abbasov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Financial Liberalization ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

This study investigates the role of financial liberalization, trade integration, economic growth and global financial crisis on financial integration level of selected OECD and G20 countries during the period of 2000-2016. PMG technique has been implemented to estimate the ARDL model. Regression results suggest a statistically significant long run co-integration relationship between financial integration and independent variables. Analysis also concludes that there are both long run and short run positive impact of trade integration level on financial integration level. The study also concludes that the global financial crisis has had a negative influence on global financial integration both in the short run and long run. But according to the regression results the impact of financial liberalization on the actual financial integration level of the countries only appears in the long run. Results also indicate that positive impact of economic growth on financial globalization level appears only in the long run.

Long-run drivers and integration in interprovincial Canadian housing price relations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Vishwakarma
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stochastic Trend ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Long Run Equilibrium

Purpose This paper aims to examine the integration of housing markets in Canada by examining housing price data (1999–2016) of six metropolitan areas in different provinces, namely, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. The authors test for cointegration, driver cities of long-run relationships, long-run Granger causality and instantaneous causality in light of the global financial crisis (GFC) (2007–2008). Design/methodology/approach The authors use Johansen’s system cointegration approach with structural breaks. Moving average representation is used for common stochastic trend(s) analysis. Finally, the authors apply vector error correction model-based Granger causality and instantaneous causality. Findings Cities’ housing prices are in long-run equilibrium. Post-crisis Canadian housing markets became more integrated. The Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal markets drive the Canadian housing market, leading all cities toward long-run equilibrium. Strong long-run Granger causality exists, but the authors observe no instantaneous causality. Price information takes time to disseminate, and long-run price adjustments play a significant role in causation. Practical implications The findings of cointegration increasing after the GFC and strong lead–lag can be used by investors to arbitrage and optimize portfolios. This can also help national and local policymakers in mitigating risk. Incorporating these findings can lead to better price forecasting. Originality/value This study presents many novelties for the Canadian housing market: it is the first to use repeat-sales regional pricing indices to test long-run behaviors, conduct common stochastic trend analyzes and present causality relations.

Financial Crisis and Interest Rate Pass-Through in Australia

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milind Sathye
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Oecd Country ◽  
Lending Rate ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study contributes to the extant literature on interest rate pass-through in two ways. First, we examine the impact of the global financial crisis on the historical relationship between policy rate and the home lending rate. Second, we provide evidence from a hitherto unexplored OECD country (Australia) using data from recent years and provide new insights for advancing the pass-through literature. We found complete or near-complete pass-through in the money market rates and a statistically significant temporary change in the relationship between the policy rate and home lending rate since the onset of the financial crisis.

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