@article{Grimes:292612, recid = {292612}, author = {Grimes, Arthur and Young, Chris}, title = {A Simple Repeat Sales House Price Index: Comparative Properties Under Alternative Data Generation Processes}, address = {2010-09}, number = {1124-2019-3112}, series = {Motu Working Paper 10-10}, pages = {27}, year = {2010}, abstract = {We propose a new method to estimate a repeat-sales house price index. Our unbalanced panel method employs an OLS panel regression to estimate the (log) house price as a function of time fixed effects and house-specific fixed effects. Comparisons are made across three repeat-sales methods using actual data, and using simulated data with both stationary and non-stationary relative price innovations. The unbalanced panel method comprehensively utilises all sale information on a house rather than splitting sales into distinct pairs. It is the simplest of the methods to implement, and possesses superior properties to the other two methods under a wide range of data generation processes.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292612}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.292612}, }