The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• A housing market slump could drive global growth to a decade low, economists warn – MarketWatch
• Housing markets and macroeconomic risks – OECD
• Peak property: Building a bubble – Financial Times
• Recent Developments in the Economics of Housing – EconPapers
• Cities Are Surprisingly Fragile – Scientific American
• Residential real estate market cools in the eurozone – ING

On the US:

• 2019 State of the Nation’s Housing Report Shows US Housing Supply Falls Far Short of What is Needed – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• The Falling Supply of Low-Cost Rentals in US Metros – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Working Class Americans Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult To Afford Housing – NPR
• Executive Order Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing – White House
• Trump Administration to Take on Local Housing Barriers – Wall Street Journal
• Push to Overhaul Fannie, Freddie Nudges Up Mortgage Costs – Wall Street Journal
• Key Housing Indicators Weaken Further in 2019 – Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
• The rent is still too damn high and 2020 candidates finally want to do something about it – CNN
• New data point to softening US housing market – Financial Times
• Nobody Knows What to Do About L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis – The Atlantic
• In Defense of Foreign Investment in U.S. Housing – Governing
• Rendezvous with density – Governing
• Democrats Get Serious About Affordable Housing – The American Prospect

On other countries:

• [China] Record Land Sale in Shenzhen Underscores China’s Housing Demand – Bloomberg
• [Italy] The role of arts in Venice’s property market – Financial Times
• [New Zealand] Delivering greater well-being in New Zealand: policy steps to increase housing affordability – OECD
• [Romania] Romania’s housing market cooling – Global Property Guide
• [South Korea] South Korea’s housing market improving – Global Property Guide
• [Sweden] Sweden’s house price boom is officially over – Global Property Guide
• [Ukraine] Ukraine’s housing market remains depressed – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Ikea wants to build homes in Britain that cost what the buyer can pay – CNN