The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• House Prices Are Up: Should We Be Happy? – IMF
• How real-estate barons have ridden the tech boom – The Economist
• “Housing affordability is a key determinant of individual well-being and overall economic growth” The World Bank Look at Housing, Mobility and Welfare – Housing Europe
• This Land is whose Land? Picking the Housing Europe annual conference theme – Housing Europe
• European Summer School for young professionals 2019 – Housing Europe

On the US:

• California’s Rent Control Advocates Are About To Get What They Want, Good and Hard – Reason
• Special briefing on new construction, housing supply, and home prices – American Enterprise Institute
• Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing – NPR
• Chipping away at the mortgage deduction – Brookings Institute
• The Capital Region needs more housing – Brookings Institute
• AEI Housing Center announces 10 best and worst metro areas to live in for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs – American Enterprise Institute
• A great choice by the Federal Housing Finance Agency – American Enterprise Institute
• Second Home Buyers and the Housing Boom and Bust – Federal Reserve Board
• When Airbnb Listings in a City Increase, So Do Rent Prices – Harvard Business Review
• Chinese nationals purchase more U.S. residential real estate than buyers from any other foreign country, but Trump’s trade war could soon end that – MarketWatch

On other countries:

• [Canada] Combatting Money Laundering in BC Real Estate – CityNews
• [Canada] Poloz Underestimates Housing Slump, Capital Economics Says – Bloomberg
• [China] The Demand for Reverse Mortgages in China – VoxChina
• [Netherlands] Amsterdam Parliament Seeks Three-Year Freeze for Housing Resales – Bloomberg
• [Singapore] Do Real Estate Agents Have Information Advantages in Housing Markets? – Journal of Financial Economics