The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Why I won’t buy a house in any major city – and neither should you – World Economic Forum
• Migration and Its Impact on Cities – World Economic Forum
• Why there? Developers’ rationale for building social housing in the urban periphery in Latin America – Cities
• Prime Global Cities Index – Q3 2017 – Knight Frank
• Homes and Mortgages 2017 – Housing Costs and Prices – ING
• Public expenditure on housing: the shift from capital spend to housing allowances. A European trend? – National Housing Federation
• Demographic structure and housing prices: East Asia and Europe – Ideas
• Bloomberg Global City Housing Affordability Index – Bloomberg

On the US:

• Reactions to Tax Change on Mortgages – Atlantic, Bloomberg, CNBC, Curbed, HousingWire, MarketWatch, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
• Sustainable housing finance – American Enterprise Institute
• Sustainable housing finance: Private Sector Perspective on Housing Finance Reform – Urban Institute
• The Human Cost of Zoning Regulation – Cato Institute
• Why Do People Move and Why Don’t They? – Cato Institute
• Tax Reform and Affordable Housing Subsidies – Cato Institute
• Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation – Yale
• Regulation, Land Constraints, and California’s Boom and Bust – Regional Science and Urban Economics
• Detroit: From Motor City to Housing Incubator – New York Times
• From the archives: Fed chair nominee Powell on housing finance reform – American Enterprise Institute
• Airbnb: A Good Neighbor? – Harvard Political Review
• The Fight Over Fair Housing Goes to Court (Again) – Citylab

On other countries:

• [Bulgaria] A Roof Over Our Heads: Ensuring Adequate Housing for All Bulgarians – World Bank
• [Finland] Why housing policy in Finland is a success story – Housing Europe
• [India] Time to rethink public housing? – The Hindu
• [New Zealand] New Zealand to ban foreign home buyers – Global Property Guide
• [Norway] Housing Crash Dodged in Norway, But Intervention Door Stays Open – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] London’s bubbly housing market goes flat – Economist
• [United Kingdom] FT Money Show: Property prices, self build and pension transfers – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] How to solve the UK housing crisis – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] Housing Market Discount Rates: Evidence from Property Taxes – London School of Economics

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