The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Housing expenditures and income inequality: Shifts in housing costs exacerbated the rise in income inequality – VOX
• Cost of greener homes too high, Europe tells ING survey – ING
• Report on UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing – National Economics & Social Rights Initiative

On the US:

• What does economic evidence tell us about the effects of rent control? – Brookings
• Star Tribune Op-Ed: Affordable housing crisis demands more supply – Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Computer Vision and Real Estate: Do Looks Matter and Do Incentives Determine Looks – NBER
• New Book Asks: What It Would Take to Foster Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality? – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• California has a housing crisis, and Californians seem confused about how to solve it – American Enterprise Institute
• Home Sales Are Dropping — Could The Housing Market Finally Be Cooling Off? – NPR
• Tax practices that amplify racial inequities: Property tax treatment of owner-occupied housing – D.C. Policy Center

On other countries:

• [Brazil] Brazil’s home buyers bet on the ballot – Financial Times
• [Germany] Germany’s housing crisis fuels black market for refugees – Reuters
• [Ireland] Is Dublin’s property market heading for a soft landing? – Financial Times
• [New Zealand] Ban on foreign buyers seen poor answer to New Zealand’s housing shortage – Reuters
• [Spain] Spanish banks hit by supreme court ruling on mortgage fees – Financial Times

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