The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Institutional settings and urban sprawl: evidence from Europe – Journal of Housing Economics
• Bubbles and crashes: A vicious cycle of self- fulfilling investor sentiment – London School of Economics
• Houses, up and down: An international comparison of house price movement – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Integrating national policies to deliver compact, connected cities: an overview of transport and housing – Coalition for Urban Transitions
• Space matters: Understanding the real effects of macroeconomic variations in cross-country housing price movements – Economic Letters
• The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere – World Resources Institute

On the US:

• The Long View of Housing Wealth Effects – Columbia University
• Why Housing Supply Matters – Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
• Reactions to the tax plan: Curbed, New York Times, Reuters, Seattle Times, Seeking Alpha
• Owned Now Rented Later? Housing Stock Transitions and Market Dynamics – Syracuse University
• BuildZoom Research: A Year in Review – BuildZoom
• Measuring population estimates of housing insecurity in the United States: A comprehensive approach – Equitable Growth
• What “affordable housing” really means – Vox
• What Would it Take to Make Neighborhoods More Equitable and Integrated? – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• The Libertarian: How Housing Got So Expensive – Hoover Institution
• A Decline in Multifamily Housing Permits Offsets a Gain in Single-Family Permits – American Institute for Economic Research
• The Best Housing Market in a Decade, Now What? – Freddie Mac

On other countries:

• [Australia] Does Population Growth Cause Rising Dwelling Prices? – LF Economics
• [Canada] Non-residents focus on new condos in Vancouver, Toronto – Reuters
• [China] Smaller cities drive China’s new home prices in Nov, defying curbs – Reuters
• [Czech Republic] Czech central bank acts to cool buoyant property market – Financial Times
• [Germany] Germany a hot destination for overseas buyers – Global Property Guide
• [Peru] Rapid Rural-to-Urban Migration to Lima: A Need for a Sustainable Housing Reform – Lehigh University
• [Spain] A Decade After Bubble, Spanish Real Estate a Hot Buy Again – Bloomberg
• [United Arab Emirates] Mortgages: Catch me if you can – Reidin
• [United Arab Emirates] Dubai / Abu Dhabi Residential Property Price Indices: November 2017 Results – Reidin
• [United Kingdom] Is owning a house cheaper than renting it? – Medium

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