The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• “The housing affordability gap is equivalent to 1% of global GDP” – Housing Europe
• Residential investment opportunities in Africa – which sectors are on the rise? – Knight Frank
• The Economic Defense of Sprawl (And What’s Wrong With It) – Planetizen
• Connecting commodities to house price booms – Financial Times

On the US:

• The Democratic coalition is split over housing costs in cities – The Economist
• When’s the Next Housing Crisis? – Wall Street Journal
• The Danger in Using Monetary Policy to Address Housing Affordability: A Lesson from the Great Recession – George Mason University
• Why Rent Control Isn’t An Affordable Housing Solution – Forbes
• The Sustainability of First-Time Homeownership – Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Housing Finance Reform: First Do No Harm – Wall Street Journal
• The Next Housing Boom Looks More Sustainable – Bloomberg
• Silicon Valley Housing Crisis Ensnares Stanford – Wall Street Journal
• West Coast Homebuyers Get One Benefit From Sales Slowdown – Bloomberg
• Research: When Airbnb Listings in a City Increase, So Do Rent Prices – Harvard Business Review
• Seattle takes a small step against gentrification – Los Angeles Times
• Below-Average Growth in Home Remodeling Expected by 2020 – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

On other countries:

• [Canada] China’s Property Market Is Feeling the Stimulus Effect – Bloomberg
• [China] Housing Policy and Economic Growth in China – Reserve Bank of Australia
• [China] Building a Case For Chinese Property – Wall Street Journal
• [China] Shenzhen joins top five cities with most expensive housing – Financial Times
• [Egypt] Egypt’s house prices falling sharply – Global Property Guide
• [Germany] A referendum to expropriate apartments from big landlords in Berlin – The Economist
• [Germany] Berlin Housing Backlash Spurs Drive to Nationalize Real Estate – Bloomberg
• [Germany] In Berlin, rising rents fuel a movement urging city government to buy back apartments – Los Angels Times
• [Germany] Capital Flows, Real Estate, and City Cycles: Micro Evidence from the German Boom – Deutsche Bundesbank
• [Hungary] Hungary prepares rate fixing plan for $3.16 bln mortgage stock – Reuters
• [Ireland] Brexit Jobs Spur Dublin Real Estate Boom – Bloomberg
• [United Arab Emirates] UAE’s property prices fall further – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Council housing is making a comeback in Britain – The Economist
• [United Kingdom] Landlords face curbs on evicting tenants at short notice – Financial Times