The value of your house is actually tied to how strong the U.S. dollar is, even if you’re living on the other side of the world.
Because global banks rely on US dollar funding to issue mortgages, a stronger dollar forces these banks to tighten credit everywhere. This creates a 'global landlord' effect where house prices across different countries move in sync based on US currency fluctuations, regardless of local economic health.
Dollar Funding and Housing Markets: The Role of Non-Us Global Banks
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<span>House prices co-move considerably across countries. We show how non-US global banks and their exposure to US dollar funding conditions help explain this comovement. When the dollar appreciates, mortgage lending and house prices decrease more in borrower countries whose non-US creditor banks are more exposed to dollar funding conditions. As US dollar funding conditions vary, borrowing country pairs with higher joint exposure to US dollar funding conditions via their non-US creditor banks ex