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Foreign buyers and increasing house prices

There is growing concern among households and policymakers alike that house prices in England and Wales are being driven up by foreign buyers making investment purchases. Filipa Sá examines the link between foreign investment and house prices, using local authority data over a span of 15 years. This video was recorded at the 2018 RES annual conference.

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Topics:  Microeconomic regulation [3]

Tags:  house prices [4], foreign investment [5], Inequality [6], wealth [7], regulation [8]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/content/foreign-buyers-and-increasing-house-prices

Links
[1] https://voxeu.org/article/housing-policy-learning-past-and-looking-future
[2] https://voxeu.org/article/effect-foreign-investors-local-housing-markets-evidence-uk
[3] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/microeconomic-regulation
[4] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/88
[5] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/515
[6] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/241
[7] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/274
[8] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/973