Investing in the post-foreclosure housing market: how neighborhood characteristics and real estate actors affect recovery

McMillan, Andrew

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Title

Investing in the post-foreclosure housing market: how neighborhood characteristics and real estate actors affect recovery

Author(s)

McMillan, Andrew

Issue Date

2018-07-13

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Chakraborty, Arnab

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Chakraborty, Arnab

Committee Member(s)

• Greenlee, Andrew
• Hanlon, Bernadette
• Wilson, Bev

Department of Study

Urban & Regional Planning

Discipline

Regional Planning

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

urban planning, housing, foreclosures

Abstract

As the housing market continues to recover from the foreclosure crisis, an opportunity arises to examine how different hart-hit neighborhoods have managed to recover. This is a two-part study that examines real estate investor activity among REO properties in the Chicago region. The first part consists of a qualitative inquiry consisting of interviews with investors who are active in Chicago’s Southland region. That is followed by an examination of the trajectory of real estate-owned (REO) sales in the Chicago metropolitan statistical area from 2009 to 2013, roughly the first few years of the housing market recovery. Using a data set of property transactions, it tracks property sales to investors and owner-occupants, and examines the neighborhood characteristics that contribute to an investor’s decision to purchase an REO property. `Findings are consistent with previous studies in that investor activity is high in neighborhoods with higher proportions of African American and older residents. In addition, investors report that they consider neighborhood context to be more important than property condition when considering a property’s resale value and that they show a willingness to work with nonprofit or public actors. By understanding the neighborhood-level determinants of REO dispositions and the primary motivation of REO investors’ property selection method, planners can help promote an equitable recovery and greater housing stability within neighborhoods that experience a distinct housing market downturn.

Graduation Semester

2018-08

Type of Resource

text

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