The Unassuming Economist

On the US:

• How Big is the Wealth Effect? Decomposing the Response of Consumption to House Prices – University of Maryland
• Housing Finance, Boom-Bust Episodes, and Macroeconomic Fragility – University of Missouri
• 50 years later, how close are we to making fair housing a reality? – The Atlantic
• What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap – Insight Center for Community Economic Development (coverage by Citylab and Quartz)
• U.S. Homebuying Slows Down, But Not for Hispanics – Citylab
• Stringency of Land-Use Regulation: Building Heights in US Cities – IDEAS
• Unpacking the “housing shortage” puzzle – Brookings
• Home Price Charts Updated – Case-Shiller – Real Estate Decoded
• Smartest Month to Sell a Home by Metro – ATTOM
• US housing: how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became rental powerhouses – Financial Times

On other countries:

• [Canada] Canadian Housing Market Still Highly Vulnerable – CMHC
• [Spain] Spain’s Palma to ban holiday rentals after residents’ complaints – BBC

Photo by Aliis Sinisalu