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House Price Indices Laurs Nørlund Director – National Accounts, Prices and Key Indicators Eurostat - European Commission
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Housing in our life House Prices?
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Need for real estate price statistics
G20 Conference of Senior Officials – March 2011 « next crisis will come from land prices … »
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Real estate prices played a major role in the financial crisis - bubble and effects on sub-primes
but harmonised statistics on real estate prices (residential and commercial properties) were not available
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Reaction of the official statistical community
Challenge Detect, assess and forecast real estate prices Timeliness and reliability Set up a system G-20 Data Gaps Initiative
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national accounts < short-term business statistics <
Principal European Economic Indicators consumer prices < national accounts < short-term business statistics < labour market < external trade < housing indicators <
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House Price Indices - HPIs
Changes in the HPIs measure housing inflation HPIs describe the price development of all residential properties purchased by households HPIs cover both newly built and existing properties
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Challenges in measuring House Price Indices
Availability of data on dwelling purchases Prices based on transactions Properties are usually not sold very often
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Challenges in measuring House Price Indices
Paris Dwelling characteristics: Type of dwelling Size Location
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Challenges in measuring House Price Indices
Heterogeneity Virtually every dwelling is different In particular across Europe Need for quality adjustment
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The answer: create a new official statistics
Methodological framework Pilot projects Legal framework Regular compilation
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Methodological and legal frameworks
Methodology Handbook on Residential Property Price Indices Practical compilation manual Legislation
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Compilation National HPI Administrative sources Land registers
Real estate agencies surveys Financial institutions Construction surveys Compilation
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Methodology Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 Country 4 European HPI
National HPI Administrative sources Land registers Real estate agencies surveys Financial institutions Construction surveys National HPI Administrative sources Land registers Real estate agencies surveys Financial institutions Construction surveys
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What is released? House price indices euro area EU Member States
Annual and quarterly growth rates Indices
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House Price Indices Euro area and EU – 2010=100
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Different dynamics – HPIs, 2010=100
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Differences across countries
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Who will use the new figures?
Markets EUROPEAN COMMISSION .. and citizens
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Uses: Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure
Deflated HPI Nominal HPI divided by household final consumption deflator Alert threshold: +6%
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Uses: links with other indicators
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When? Quarterly releases
Member States transmit data to Eurostat within 90 days after the end of the reference quarter Figures will be released around T+95/100 days after the end of the reference quarter Pre-announced in the Euroindicators release calendar In 2013 2012Q4: 11/04 2013Q1: 11/07 2013Q2: 10/10
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Future developments Breakdown in new and existing dwellings
House sales Handbook on Commercial Property Price Indicators
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Thank you for your attention!
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