Housing & Real Estate Economics
Welcome to the Housing & Real Estate Economics websiteThis research is produced by the Department of Economics at Humboldt State University. We collect data from primary and secondary sources to analyze real estate market conditions in Humboldt County, California. We present a monthly overview of the real estate market and update our data as we receive it.News and ForecastHome
Sales Index News Data Seasonally
Adjusted Housing Index
Median House Price Inflation-Adjusted House Prices 1989-2008 Annual House Price Appreciation 1990-2008 Foreclosures, 1979-2008 For Sale Listings Arcata For Sale Listings Eureka Average House Rent Price-to-rent ratio Monthly Mortgage Payments Inflation-Adjusted Monthly Mortgage Payments Affordability Implicit rate of return Late tax payments/tax liens Price-to-income ratio Note: Contact Professor Eschker for data Humboldt County Research
It's a
National Housing Market, September 2007
Monthly Mortgage Up Despite Lower Interest Rates by Erick Eschker, April 2006 Humboldt County Surrounded by Most Overvalued Housing in the Nation by Erick Eschker, December 2005 Is There a Housing Bubble in Humboldt County? The Housing Market in a Rural California Region, 1989-2004, by Erick Eschker and Soren Messner-Zidell, October 2005 Executive Summary October 2005 Other Research Californian Home Prices are
Overvalued by 35-40% from Goldman Sachs, October 2007
Zoning's Steep Price by Glaeser and Gyourko Most overvalued housing markets from CNN/Money 2007 Housing Bubble Update: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch from CEPR A Froth-Finding Mission: Detecting U.S. Housing Bubbles by HSBC Global Research (large PDF) What is a bubble and is this one now? A very intuitive explanation of a housing bubble from Econbrowser Links Real
Estate Bubbles and California's Economic Growth, Part 1 Video
of lecture by
Christopher Thornberg, PhD, and Part 2
and Part
3
Zillow.com (look up local house price history) Realty Trac (look up local foreclosures) Humboldt Association of Realtors Data Rent vs. Buy Calculator Discussion Forums Calculated Risk
(Economics)
The Housing Bubble (National) Sacramento Land(ing) Marin Real Estate Bubble Bay Area Housing Crash Sonoma Housing Bubble Econo Almanac for the Landed Poor (San Diego) Director Professor Erick
Eschker
Department of Economics Humboldt State University 1 Harpst Street Arcata, CA 95521 About the Director Send us your comments. Comments will be posted on our Reader Comments page unless otherwise requested. Copyright © 2008 Erick Eschker  |
