The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Affordable Housing Governance and Finance: Innovations, partnerships and comparative perspectives – Taylor & Francis Group
• Housing & Migration – A Research Briefing – Housing Europe Observatory
• Affordable housing in Europe: how do the various member-states do it? – Housing Europe Observatory
• “Investing in affordable housing comes with a high return both socially and financially” – Barcelona City Council
• Housing Europe supports the Municipalist Declaration of Local Governments for the Right to Housing and the Right to the City – Housing Europe Observatory
• Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient? – World Resources Institute
• These May Be the World’s 10 Riskiest Housing Markets – Bloomberg

On the US:

• Ben Carson and HUD Get Ready to Take On the Nimbys – Bloomberg
• Mapping the boom in nonbank mortgage lending—and understanding the risks – Brookings
• Is the housing price-rent ratio a leading indicator? – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Americans are now better off renting than buying. Above all, avoid buying in Dallas! – Global Property Guide
• Rental Glut Sends Chill Through the Hottest U.S. Housing Markets – Bloomberg
• Mortgage Fraud Fueled the Financial Crisis—and Could Again – Institute of New Economic Thinking
• Voters Can Keep Housing Affordable – New York Times
• Book Review: High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing – The New York Review of Books
• The Financial Crisis Changed Home Buying Forever – Wall Street Journal
• Preserving Affordable Rental Housing – MacArthur Foundation
• The Housing Bubble Burst All Over Reality TV – New York Times
• Maryland’s Biggest County Responds to Full Schools by Halting New Housing – Slate
• City NIMBYS – Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

On other countries:

• [Australia] Chinese real estate investment in Australia drops by nearly 30% – Macro Business
• [China] How Much Would China’s GDP Respond to a Slowdown in Housing Activity? – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• [Iceland] Iceland’s house prices continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace – Global Property Guide
• [Ireland] House prices in Ireland continue to rise at breakneck speed – Global Property Guide
• [Portugal] Portugal’s housing market remains robust – Global Property Guide
• [Portugal] Qué son las “visas doradas” y por qué causan polémica en Portugal – BBC
• [Romania] Romania’s house price growth decelerating sharply – Global Property Guide
• [Spain] The financial transmission of housing bubbles: Evidence from Spain – VoxEU
• [Spain] Te presentamos a tu casero: se llama Blackstone y es dueño de medio Madrid – GQ
• [Sweden] Sweden’s house price boom is officially over – Global Property Guide
• [Switzerland] Holes in Swiss property market ring mortgage alarm bells – Reuters
• [Thailand] Thailand’s house prices rising strongly again – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Housing affordability: Is new local supply the key? – Sage Journals

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