‘Overoptimism’ a factor in house price bubbles, Danish paper finds

Authors highlight how sentiment can become “decoupled” from fundamentals

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House price bubbles are largely a result of sentiment, study finds

Sentiment appears to be a major factor in the development of house price bubbles, with "overoptimistic" households more likely to buy houses and take on debt to do so, according to a working paper published by the National Bank of Denmark on October 28.

Authors Andreas Kuchler, Kim Abildgren and Niels Lynggård Hansen study links between consumer confidence and house prices in a VAR model, before turning to a more behavioural, microeconomic approach to examine how overoptimism affects household

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