We are hiring! VU Amsterdam (Dept of Spatial Economics) seeks AP in Urban and Real Estate Economics. Research fit: (spatial) general equilibrium + reduced-form work on land/housing, commuting, amenities, local public goods. RT. #UrbanEconomics #AcademicJobs workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/va...

Wil je baanbrekend onderzoek combineren met beleidsrelevante inzichten? Wij zijn op zoek naar een voltijdse doctoraatsbursaal in woningmarkteconomie aan @uantwerpen.be Solliciteren kan tot 26 februari 2026 www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vaca...

How does early disclosure of flood risk affect housing prices and who buys risky homes? In a new paper, we study a reform that required flood risk to be displayed directly in real estate listings, indicating whether a property lies in a high- or medium flood risk area (1/5)

Happy to see this paper published in RSUE. @damensven.bsky.social and I find that subsidies for homeowners largely capitalize in house and land prices, but do not significantly affect sales of existing houses and undeveloped land, nor permits for new houses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Housing market responses to the mortgage interest deduction

This paper examines the impact of tax subsidies for homeowners on the housing market. In 2015, the Belgian regions became responsible for the tax subs…

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Rental housing returns are highest for low-rent housing, after risk adjustment. Financing, informational, and reputational frictions prevent enough capital inflow in this segment, from Sven Damen, Matthijs Korevaar, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh https://www.nber.org/papers/w33470

📣 New paper alert: An Alpha in Affordable Housing? A collaboration with Matthijs Korevaar and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. We show that low-rent/low-income housing earns the highest returns for landlords in the US, Belgium and The Netherlands. Please share to convince my coauthors to join Bluesky :-)

Check out this starter pack with accounts related to the University of Antwerp (Belgium): go.bsky.app/NQ9aNYZ

Very happy to see our paper on interest-only mortgages and house prices in the Journal of Urban Economics! From 2003 to 2006, Danish house prices increased by 60 percent, in a robust regulatory design that limits housing speculation. This was a larger increase than in the US, Spain, or Ireland!

A big thank you to Romeo Mercken (CEO of Quares Investment Services) for delivering an insightful guest lecture on investments in residential real estate and the current trends shaping the real estate market.

Zaterdag zal ik op Finance Avenue deelnemen aan het panel "Is een huis kopen nog betaalbaar?" samen met Adel Yahia (Managing Director van Immobel), Thomas Valkeniers (CEO van Living Stone) en moderator Lukas Vanackere (De Tijd) Gratis inschrijven via www.tijd.be/finance-avenue