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Developments and innovations in real estate markets: a conference summary
During the last few years, activity in the U.S. housing market has been brisk, and mortgage credit has reached an ever wider circle of borrowers. A recent conference at the Chicago Fed assembled researchers, regulators, and practitioners to discuss the implications of these developments, both for the housing finance system and for the economy as a whole.
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Global banking and national regulation: a conference summary
Although banking across national borders has expanded rapidly, banking regulation remains nationally based. As a result, governments and financial institutions face significant challenges when instability arises. At the Chicago Fed?s International Banking Conference, participants explored cross-border banking issues and ways to improve the current system.
Journal Article
Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble
The rapid rise of real estate prices in recent years has led to fears of a housing price bubble. But, to determine whether there has been a bubble?and whether the bubble is bursting?one needs to know what home prices ?should? be. The authors estimate a simple model of home prices and find that prices were, on average, above their predicted levels during 2000?06. However, this result does not hold true uniformly across the country. To the extent that prices were overheating, this was happening largely in markets that have traditionally exhibited volatile prices