The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Housing Affordability: A Supply-Side Toolkit for Cities – McKinsey Global Institute
• Demographic Cycles, Migration and Housing Investment – Journal of Housing Economics
• Housing Affordability: Supply Side Solutions To A Global Challenge – The Urban Developer

On the US:

• Housing-Urban-Labor-Macro (HULM) Conference – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• The Struggles of Apartment Hunting in America Today – Hunt
• How Airbnb Affects Home Prices and Rents – Wall Street Journal
• Prepared Remarks of Melvin L. Watt, Director of FHFA at Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Convention and Expo 2017 – Federal Housing Finance Agency
• America’s affordable-housing stock dropped by 60 percent from 2010 to 2016 – Washington Post
• Boston prices its graduates out of starter homes – Financial Times
• Housing Finance at a Glance: A Monthly Chartbook, October 2017 – Urban Institute

On other countries:

• [Canada] Latest housing market snapshot and forecasts – CMHC
• [China] China to tweak property price methodology to address “new challenges” – Reuters
• [South Korea] South Korea to tighten mortgage rules for owners of multiple homes –Reuters
• [Sweden] Swedish housing market ‘dampened’ but not in peril, says Swedbank – Financial Times
• [Sweden] Where next for house prices in Sweden and hence monetary policy? – Notayesmanseconomics’s Blog
• [United Kingdom] Residential mobility in London: Unlocking migration patterns– Cluttons
• [United Arab Emirates] Dubai / Abu Dhabi Residential Property Price Indices: September 2017 Results – REIDIN

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