The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• World’s top 10 most at-risk housing markets – Global Property Guide
• The Cities Around the World Most at Risk of Property Bubbles – Bloomberg
• Housing Crises – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Global Residential Cities Index – Q2 2018 – Knight Frank

On the US:

• Brief Thoughts on Housing Supply and Policy – MIT Center for Real Estate
• ‘The Renters Strike Back’ – Brookings
• Unlocking Amenities: Estimating Public-Good Complementarity – NBER
• An Examination of the Link between Urban Planning Policies and the High Cost of Housing and Labor – Institute for International Economic Policy
• Housing Stability and Family Health: Five Things to Know – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Housing Market Slows, as Rising Prices Outpace Wages – New York Times
• The Hot Property That’s Next on Tech’s Agenda: Real Estate – New York Times
• Dallas strikes it rich with rising property prices – Financial Times
• Mortgage Market Design: Lessons from the Great Recession – Brookings
• How vacation homes went from private escape to investment opportunities – Curbed
• America’s Affordable Housing Crisis Isn’t Just Hitting Cities – Huffington Post
• How Will Artificial Intelligence Shape Mortgage Lending? – Fannie Mae

On other countries:

• [Canada] British Columbia Cracks Down on Dirty Money in Real Estate – Bloomberg
• [Denmark] Housing Summit: Future Housing Market and Urban Development in the Capital Region of Denmark – Copenhagen Economics
• [Germany] A look into German housing markets: A bubble call? – Sage Journal
• [Ireland] Thousands march on Irish parliament in growing housing shortage protest – Reuters
• [Italy] House prices in local markets in Italy: dynamics, levels and the role of urban agglomerations – Bank of Italy
• [Mexico] Empty houses across North America: Housing finance and Mexico’s vacancy crisis – Urban Studies
• [Spain] Organisations and political groups reach an agreement to allocate 30% of all new homes as protected housing – Info Barcelona
• [Thailand] Thailand to Impose Mortgage Curbs to Tackle Speculation – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] What a no-deal Brexit could mean for London property prices – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] London stamp duty take hits record £4.9bn even as sales fall – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] May Plans to Hike U.K. Property Tax for Foreign Buyers – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] New tax on foreign home buyers to help rough sleepers, PM says – BBC
• [United Kingdom] Social Housing: Evidence Review – University of York

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