The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• A quarter of household expenditure allocated to housing – Eurostat
• The Problem With Expensive Real Estate – Bloomberg
• Capacity Building & Disseminating best practices in affordable housing – Housing Europe

On the US:

• More reactions to House Tax Reform Bill – Curbed, Foreign Affairs, NAHB, Politico, Seattle Times
• A duopsony built around rent-seeking – American Enterprise Institute
• After a Natural Disaster, Do Landlords Jack Up the Rent? – Priceonomics
• Why Does Land-Use Regulation (Still) Matter in Oregon? – Cato Institute
• House and Senate Tax Plans Cut Affordable Housing, Set Stage for Deeper Cuts Later – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• The Mortgage Credit Channel of Macroeconomic Transmission – MIT
• What the Housing Market in America Needs Is More Options – Smithsonian

On other countries:

• [Australia] Speech on Mortgage Insights From Securitisation Data – Reserve Bank of Australia
• [Australia] Regional housing supply and demand in Australia – Australian National University
• [Brazil] Loan-to-value policy and housing finance: effects on constrained borrowers – Bank for International Settlements
• [Canada] Even Real Estate Developers Can’t Afford Toronto’s Housing Market – Bloomberg
• [China] China to step up property market regulation to avoid bubble risk – Reuters
• [Japan] Is Tokyo’s property market reaching its peak? – Financial Times
• [Romania] Housing privatization in Romania – Economics of Transition
• [Sweden] Slowdown in Swedish house prices is ‘positive’ for stability – Riksbank – Financial Times
• [Sweden] Riksbank Governor Tries to Quell Fears of Swedish Housing Slump – Bloomberg
• [Switzerland] Zurich’s Public Housing Problem: The Tenants Are Too Rich – Citylab
• [Switzerland] Lessons from Zurich – Inside Housing
• [United Kingdom] Your regular reminder that stamp duty cuts make nearly no difference to anything – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] 2017 Autumn Statement Response – Cluttons