The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• “Hot Property: the housing market in major cities” – Netherlands Bank
• Built on Sand? Global Housing Sector Showing Weakness – Continuum Economics
• The Dog that didn’t Bark: Social Housing in European Peripheries – Copenhagen Business School

On the US:

• Housing and expenditures: before, during, and after the bubble – Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Luxury Dorms Are Struggling to Fill Beds – Bloomberg
• Housing Sentiment Continues to Strengthen, but High Home Prices Complicate Consumer Purchase Confidence – Fannie Mae
• Developers are taking on residential building challenges by extending the concept of prefabricated housing to manufacture entire apartment buildings – New York Times
• Finding Common Ground on Rent Control – Terner Center for Housing Innovation
• Reported Mortgage Demand Falls to Three-Year Low, Fueling Lenders’ Negative Profit Margin Outlook – Fannie Mae
• Affordable Housing Is Your Spare Bedroom – New York Times
• Philadelphia Wants To Tax Housing Construction to Make Housing Cheaper – Reason
• Home Equity Lines of Credit Increase 14 Percent in Q1 2018 – ATTOM

On other countries:

• [Canada] ‘Growth coalition’ kept foreign money flowing into B.C. real estate, professor says – Globe and Mail
• [Canada] Uncertainty reigns, though Ford’s win may signal shift for Ontario housing policy – Globe and Mail
• [Canada] Foreign buying of Vancouver real estate—beware the siren call of sovereignty – Straight
• [Czech Republic] Czech central bank caps mortgage loans as property prices soar – Reuters

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