The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Vivienda en Centroamérica – Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), CNN
• ‘Livability & Affordability in the Digitized City’ – Housing Europe
• Using evidence to make affordable housing a more attractive investment – Housing Europe
• The digitalisation of cities and housing: what will the future bring? – Sociology Lens

On the US:

• The State of the Nation’s Housing 2018 – Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Housing in the U.S. is too expensive, too cheap, and just right. It depends on where you live. – Brookings
• The big business of housing immigrant children – CNN
• Housing Inventory Tracking – Calculating Risk
• How Is Technology Changing the Mortgage Market? – Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• S. Housing Will Get Even Less Affordable – Bloomberg
• Fed’s Bostic to Hear Case for Excluding Housing From Inflation – Bloomberg
• BankThink FHFA needs to curb Fannie and Freddie’s insatiable appetites – American Banker

On other countries:

• [Canada] Nothing ‘nefarious’ about foreign-buyer tax: B.C. gov’t lawyer – Vancouver Sun
• [China] Why China Can’t Fix Its Housing Bubble – Bloomberg
• [France] Macron pone en jaque el modelo de vivienda social en Francia – El Salto
• [New Zealand] As Housing Prices Soar, New Zealand Tackles a Surge in Homelessness – New York Times
• [Nigeria] Nigerian Low-Cost Mortgage Lender Set for $1.4 Billion Boost – Bloomberg
• [Portugal] Portugal property boom accelerates in first quarter – Reuters
• [Singapore] Singapore Millennials Prefer Property – Bloomberg
• [Sweden] Giddy property prices are a test for Swedish policymakers – The Economist
• [United Arab Emirates] Dubai: To Build or not to Build? – REIDIN
• [United Kingdom] House prices tumble in seaside hot spots – BBC
• [United Kingdom] Buy-to-let landlords cool on property purchases – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] Not in my back yard — conflicting views on the housing shortage – Financial Times

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