The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Europe’s central banks warn about bubbles critics say they helped create – Reuters
• Conference on Housing, Household Debt and Policy – Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Why Economists Love Property Taxes and You Don’t – Bloomberg
• Risky business: when will the threat of natural disaster hit property prices? – Financial Times

On the US:

• Millennials Want to Own Homes Too, If U.S. Economy Would Consent – Bloomberg
• Alumni gather to discuss Affordable Housing Policy in the 21st Century – NYU Wagner
• Mortgage Supply and Housing Rents – Harvard University
• Unemployment and the Housing Market during the Great Recession – Stanford University
• Houston Market: Impact of Harvey Strongest in the Resale Market; New Home Sales Should Surge in 2018 – Metrostudy
• Affordable-Housing Industry Braces for GOP Tax Overhaul – Wall Street Journal

On other countries:

• [Australia] What Is The Spread In The Cost Of Housing? – CoreLogic
• [Brazil] Loan-to-value policy and housing finance: effects on constrained borrowers – Bank for International Settlements
• [Canada] Bank of Canada accentuates risks from loose lending – Financial Times
• [Canada] Government of Canada announces National Housing Strategy – CMHC
• [Canada] Trudeau government’s new housing benefit seems to ignore regional differences – Fraser Institute
• [Canada] City of Vancouver (finally) acknowledges importance of housing supply – Fraser Institute
• [Canada] Curbing Mortgage Risk, Canada-Style – Roubini Global Economics
• [Canada] Filtering—how markets, not national strategies, make housing affordable – Fraser Institute
• [China] China housing inventory hits 4-year low on de-stocking success – Financial Times
• [Germany] German residential property prices on the rise – Financial Times
• [Hong Kong] IMF Says Hong Kong Property to Slow If Fed Delivers Rate Hikes – Bloomberg
• [Sweden] Swedish central bank says mortgages top risk, wants govt action – Reuters
• [Sweden] Sweden’s cooling housing market is a preview for others with low rates and property bubbles – Quartz
• Sweden’s Housing Market May Be Facing a 10% Slump, S&P Warns – Bloomberg
• [Sweden] Here Are Some Worrying Charts About Sweden’s Housing Market – Bloomberg
• [Sweden] Swedish government set to give green light to tougher mortgage rules – Reuters
• [United Kingdom] Reactions to Autumn Budget 2017: housing measures – BBC, Centre for Cities, Guardian, Inside Housing, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Reuters
• [United Kingdom] House prices and the UK economy: Views of leading economists – Vox
• [United Kingdom] London, Residential Market Outlook, Winter 2017 – Cluttons
• [United Kingdom] Social housing models: past and future – London School of Economics
• [United Kingdom] Priced out? Affordable Housing in England – Institute for Public Policy Research
• [United Arab Emirates] UAE Residential Market Overview – October Results – Reidin

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