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The Effect of a Second Home Construction Ban
on Real Estate PricesEvidence from Switzerland using the Synthetic Control Method
Daniel Steffen1
Department of EconomicsCenter for Regional Economic Development
University of Bern
Swiss Real Estate Research Congress, ZürichMarch 29, 2019
[email protected], +41 31 631 33 841/13
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IntroductionThe Second Home Initiative in Switzerland
Second home construction ban in municipalities (MCP) with secondhome share of 20% or more
Accepted and enforced in March 2012
Huge potential to distort local real estate markets:
1 out of 5 MCPs affected75% of all MCPs in Valais and GraubündenAbout 17% of all homes used as second homesIn touristic MCPs more than 50% second homes
Goal: Stop splinter development & keep housing affordable for locals
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IntroductionThe Second Home Initiative in Switzerland
Second home construction ban in municipalities (MCP) with secondhome share of 20% or more
Accepted and enforced in March 2012
Huge potential to distort local real estate markets:
1 out of 5 MCPs affected75% of all MCPs in Valais and GraubündenAbout 17% of all homes used as second homesIn touristic MCPs more than 50% second homes
Goal: Stop splinter development & keep housing affordable for locals
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IntroductionThe Second Home Initiative in Switzerland
Second home construction ban in municipalities (MCP) with secondhome share of 20% or more
Accepted and enforced in March 2012
Huge potential to distort local real estate markets:
1 out of 5 MCPs affected75% of all MCPs in Valais and GraubündenAbout 17% of all homes used as second homesIn touristic MCPs more than 50% second homes
Goal: Stop splinter development & keep housing affordable for locals
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IntroductionThe Second Home Initiative in Switzerland
Second home construction ban in municipalities (MCP) with secondhome share of 20% or more
Accepted and enforced in March 2012
Huge potential to distort local real estate markets:
1 out of 5 MCPs affected75% of all MCPs in Valais and GraubündenAbout 17% of all homes used as second homesIn touristic MCPs more than 50% second homes
Goal: Stop splinter development & keep housing affordable for locals
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Impact Channel IDirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Second Homes and previous-law first homesCut in supply, regional and international demand
⇒ Prices ↑
One-time surge in supply due to last-minute panic?⇒ Prices ↓
2 New first homesSupply can be extended, demand ↓ (restricted on local demand)
⇒ Prices ↓
Almost all houses sold in affected regions after the vote were second homes
⇒ Effect on new first homes not driving prices
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Impact Channel IDirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Second Homes and previous-law first homesCut in supply, regional and international demand
⇒ Prices ↑
One-time surge in supply due to last-minute panic?⇒ Prices ↓
2 New first homesSupply can be extended, demand ↓ (restricted on local demand)
⇒ Prices ↓
Almost all houses sold in affected regions after the vote were second homes
⇒ Effect on new first homes not driving prices
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Impact Channel IDirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Second Homes and previous-law first homesCut in supply, regional and international demand
⇒ Prices ↑
One-time surge in supply due to last-minute panic?⇒ Prices ↓
2 New first homesSupply can be extended, demand ↓ (restricted on local demand)
⇒ Prices ↓
Almost all houses sold in affected regions after the vote were second homes
⇒ Effect on new first homes not driving prices
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Impact Channel IDirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Second Homes and previous-law first homesCut in supply, regional and international demand
⇒ Prices ↑
One-time surge in supply due to last-minute panic?⇒ Prices ↓
2 New first homesSupply can be extended, demand ↓ (restricted on local demand)
⇒ Prices ↓
Almost all houses sold in affected regions after the vote were second homes
⇒ Effect on new first homes not driving prices
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Impact Channel IIIndirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Economic drawback: Negative effect on construction sector andtourism industry → unemployment ↑ and local tax revenue↓→ lower local demand→trouble to maintain infrastructure → lower non-local demand.⇒ Price ↓
2 Legal uncertainty paralyzes the market⇒ Price ↓
3 Protection of landscape: Stop urban sprawl and ensure soundenvironment in future → touristic demand ↑⇒ Price ↑
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Impact Channel IIIndirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Economic drawback: Negative effect on construction sector andtourism industry → unemployment ↑ and local tax revenue↓→ lower local demand→trouble to maintain infrastructure → lower non-local demand.⇒ Price ↓
2 Legal uncertainty paralyzes the market⇒ Price ↓
3 Protection of landscape: Stop urban sprawl and ensure soundenvironment in future → touristic demand ↑⇒ Price ↑
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Impact Channel IIIndirect Effects on Demand and Supply
1 Economic drawback: Negative effect on construction sector andtourism industry → unemployment ↑ and local tax revenue↓→ lower local demand→trouble to maintain infrastructure → lower non-local demand.⇒ Price ↓
2 Legal uncertainty paralyzes the market⇒ Price ↓
3 Protection of landscape: Stop urban sprawl and ensure soundenvironment in future → touristic demand ↑⇒ Price ↑
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Relatet literature
Hilber & Schöni (2018):
Short-run effect on primary housing prices in pooled period 2013-2014Diff-in-Diff and first differences approachNegative effect on primary homes of about -15%
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Synthetic Control Method IBasic Concept
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Synthetic Control Method IIInference
Classic synthetic control literature deals only with one treated unit
This study deals with more than hundred treatment units
1 Compute optimal synthetic control for each treatment MCP2 Compute the gap in transaction prices for every year3 Compute weighted average of all gaps to get effect of the SHI on real estate
prices
4 Run 10’000 permutation tests with control MCPs to compute CI and p-values
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ResultsBenchmark result
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ResultsPlacebo in-time
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ResultsOnly Alpine municipalities
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Impact ChannelSurge in supply?
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Conclusion
Highly significant drop in prices compared to synthetic control in2014-2016 (-14%–18%)
Still negative but less significant effect in 2017 (-6%) & 2018 (-14%)
Economic drawback and legal uncertainty effects dominate the cut insupply effect
No effect in 2012 and 2013Economic drawback and legal uncertainty are indirect effects, this mightexplain the delay
SHI made housing (temporarily) more affordable, but...... Economic drawback and rise in unemployment... Loss of wealth for land and property owners
→ Affordable housing comes at a high price
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Conclusion
Highly significant drop in prices compared to synthetic control in2014-2016 (-14%–18%)
Still negative but less significant effect in 2017 (-6%) & 2018 (-14%)
Economic drawback and legal uncertainty effects dominate the cut insupply effect
No effect in 2012 and 2013Economic drawback and legal uncertainty are indirect effects, this mightexplain the delay
SHI made housing (temporarily) more affordable, but...... Economic drawback and rise in unemployment... Loss of wealth for land and property owners
→ Affordable housing comes at a high price
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Conclusion
Highly significant drop in prices compared to synthetic control in2014-2016 (-14%–18%)
Still negative but less significant effect in 2017 (-6%) & 2018 (-14%)
Economic drawback and legal uncertainty effects dominate the cut insupply effect
No effect in 2012 and 2013Economic drawback and legal uncertainty are indirect effects, this mightexplain the delay
SHI made housing (temporarily) more affordable, but...... Economic drawback and rise in unemployment... Loss of wealth for land and property owners
→ Affordable housing comes at a high price
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Conclusion
Highly significant drop in prices compared to synthetic control in2014-2016 (-14%–18%)
Still negative but less significant effect in 2017 (-6%) & 2018 (-14%)
Economic drawback and legal uncertainty effects dominate the cut insupply effect
No effect in 2012 and 2013Economic drawback and legal uncertainty are indirect effects, this mightexplain the delay
SHI made housing (temporarily) more affordable, but...... Economic drawback and rise in unemployment... Loss of wealth for land and property owners
→ Affordable housing comes at a high price
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Conclusion
Highly significant drop in prices compared to synthetic control in2014-2016 (-14%–18%)
Still negative but less significant effect in 2017 (-6%) & 2018 (-14%)
Economic drawback and legal uncertainty effects dominate the cut insupply effect
No effect in 2012 and 2013Economic drawback and legal uncertainty are indirect effects, this mightexplain the delay
SHI made housing (temporarily) more affordable, but...... Economic drawback and rise in unemployment... Loss of wealth for land and property owners
→ Affordable housing comes at a high price
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Comments are very welcome
Completely revised, updated and further developed paper upon request
An older version of my paper can be found here
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ResultsBest-know touristic places
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ResultsLess touristic places
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ResultsNo neighbors
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