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title: Reassessing the 2000s Housing Cycle After Two Decades of Research
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/nbr-nberwo-35863/
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updated: 2026-10-23
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:35863
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:nbr:nberwo:35863
featured: 2026-10-23
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Reassessing the 2000s Housing Cycle After Two Decades of Research

A synthesis of two decades of research attributes the housing boom to improved fundamentals, credit expansion, rate declines, and shifting expectations, with defaults driving the bust.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:nbr:nberwo:35863
- Identifier: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:35863
- Released: 2026-10-19
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 136 (2026-10-23): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-23/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
- Authors: Adam Guren

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