Despite the importance of housing in household consumption and asset holding, systematic analysis of housing price is rare. The goal of this paper is to provide an empirical analysis of Korea’s housing price using the framework of the CAPM (Capital ...
Despite the importance of housing in household consumption and asset holding, systematic analysis of housing price is rare. The goal of this paper is to provide an empirical analysis of Korea’s housing price using the framework of the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model). In particular, this paper develops a consumption CAPM that incorporates both nondurables and durables (housing) consumption and uses the model to examine the condominium price in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. In contrast to the conventional CAPM where the expected return is determined by only one risk factor, the CAPM of this paper involves multiple factors. Theoretical restrictions on the sign and the magnitude of the factor coefficients enable a more powerful test. Empirical estimation of the model using micro price data for 1,766 condominiums in the Seoul Metropolitan Area for the period of 1998 4Q through 2009 4Q indicates that the housing return is systematically correlated with all risk factors. Also, the utility parameter values derived from the estimated coefficients are consistent with common perceptions.