The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Conference on Urban Development and Economics in Developing World – Asian Development Bank
• Data needs and Statistics compilation for macroprudential analysis – Bank for International Settlements
• The Future of Global Real Estate – Savills

On the US:

• The Inflow of New Bay Area Residents Has Grown More Financially Selective, While the Outflow Has Spread to Higher Income Levels – BuildZoom
• Reactions to the tax plan – Bloomberg, Curbed, NPR, NYU Furman Center, Politico, Reason, Washington Post
• Snapshots of the US Housing Market: Ten Years Later – Conversable Economist
• Mortgage-Default Research and the Recent Foreclosure Crisis – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Cities turn to ‘missing middle’ housing to keep older millennials from leaving – Washington Post
• How Affordable Urban Housing Stays Affordable – Bloomberg
• House hunting: State-by-state differences in house price appreciation – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• How Will a Turbulent 2017 Affect Housing in 2018? – Trulia
• Housing Wealth Fluctuations Affect Seniors’ Health Care Choices – NBER
• New Report: Surge in the Supply of Higher-Cost Rental Housing is Slowing Amidst Persistent Affordability Challenges for Working-Class Households – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• House prices in Chicago suburbs fall as crime rate rises – Financial Times

On other countries:

•  [Australia] Housing Accessibility for First Home Buyers – Reserve Bank of Australia
• [Australia] Chinese capital controls send tremor through Australian property – Reuters
• [Australia] Australian housing markets hurt by Chinese capital outflow restrictions – Global Property Guide
• [Australia] ‘Share of foreign ownership in Australian housing market not significant enough to raise concerns’ – Global Property Guide
• [Australia] Construction boom poses risk to housing markets in Australia – Global Property Guide
• [Canada] Three Things Keeping Me Awake at Night – Bank of Canada
• [Canada] Shadow Lending Growing as Canadians Chase Housing Dream – Bloomberg
• [Canada] Jennifer Keesmaat: It’s time to rethink Canada’s housing system – Maclean’s
• [Canada] Is Canada One Step Closer to Declaring Housing a Human Right? – Citylab
• [China] Beijing housing demolitions spark rare street protests – Financial Times
• [Germany] Unemployment Benefit Recipients: Causes, Reactions and Consequences of Housing Relocations – SpringerLink
• [Germany] The Americans are coming to Germany – Global Property Guide
• [Greece] Why real estate prices in Greece are set to rise? – Global Property Guide
• [Ireland] Housing Supply Coordination Task Force for Dublin – Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
• [Netherlands] Brexit Refugees Heading to Amsterdam Raise Local Housing Concern – Bloomberg
• [New Zealand] New Zealand looks to ban foreigners from buying houses – Financial Times
• [Singapore] Singapore land supply for private housing in H1 2018 almost steady – Reuters
• [Sweden] Amortization Requirements Benefit Well-Off and Hurt Liquidity-Constrained Housing Buyers – Lars E.O. Svensson
• [United Kingdom] Britain’s buy-to-let boom is coming to an end – Economist
• [United Arab Emirates] Abu Dhabi, Property Market Outlook, Winter 2017 – Cluttons

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