The Unassuming Economist

Journal of Housing Economics (June 2018 Volume)

• Race and the City by Ingrid Gould Ellen, Stephen L. Ross
• Are inclusionary housing programs color-blind? The case of Montgomery County MPDU program by Adji Fatou Diagne, Haydar Kurban, Benoit Schmutz
• The Visible Host: Does race guide Airbnb rental rates in San Francisco? by Venoo Kakar, Joel Voelz, Julia Wu, Julisa Franco
• Racial climate and homeownership by Timothy F. Harris, Aaron Yelowitz
• The non-financial costs of violent public disturbances: Emotional responses to the 2011 riots in England by Panka Bencsik
• Are central cities poor and non-white? by Jenny Schuetz, Jeff Larrimore, Ellen A. Merry, Barbara J. Robles, Arturo Gonzalez
• Racial segregation in the United States since the Great Depression: A dynamic segregation approach by Trevor Kollmann, Simone Marsiglio, Sandy Suardi
• The paradox of expanding ghettos and declining racial segregation in large U.S. metropolitan areas, 1970–2010 by Janice Fanning Madden, Matt Ruther
• Does segregation matter for Latinos? by Jorge De la Roca, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Justin Steil
• There’s no place like home: Racial disparities in household formation in the 2000s by Sandra Newman, Scott Holupka, Stephen L. Ross

On cross-country:

• The unaffordable city: Housing and transit in North American cities – Cities
• Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities – OECD
• Innovando la política de vivienda a través del alquiler: de la ‘casa propia’ a una vivienda que sirva – Inter-American Development Bank
• How cities can lead the way in bridging the global housing gap – World Economic Forum
• Real Estate & Aging – UBS

On the US:

• Housing Wealth Effects: The Long View – NBER
• Don’t Blame Expensive Housing for Falling Fertility – Citylab
• The 0.25% Fed Rate Increase Doesn’t Mean Mortgage Rates Will Increase 0.25% – Forbes
• Climate Change May Already Be Hitting the Housing Market – Bloomberg
• Zillow Data Used To Project Impact Of Sea Level Rise On Real Estate – NPR
• The High Cost of Low Credit – Zillow
• Negative Equity Dips Below 10 Percent for First Time Since the Bottom of the Market – Zillow
• Birth Rates are Falling Most where Homes are Appreciating Fastest – Zillow
• Californians Are Leaving, Where Are They Looking to Go? – Trulia
• Housing: The Case for YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard!) – Foundation for Economic Education
• Threading the Needle of Fair Housing Law in a Gentrifying City with a Legacy of Discrimination – University of San Francisco
• S. Home Prices at Least Affordable Level Since Q3 2008 – ATTOM

On other countries:

• [China] China’s Home Prices Rise at Faster Pace Despite Curbs – Bloomberg
• [Ireland] Surging Irish Home Prices to Cool Off, Central Bank Chief Says – Bloomberg
• [Netherlands] Sizzling Amsterdam Housing Market Pushes People to Other Cities – Bloomberg
• [Spain] New Build Residential Snapshot – Q1 2018 – Knight Frank
• [United Arab Emirates] Dubai / Abu Dhabi Residential Property Price Indices: May 2018 Results – REIDIN

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