The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• New Risk to World Economy: Synchronized Housing Slowdown – Wall Street Journal

On the US:

• Refinancing Boom Fuels Mortgages to Postcrisis Record – Wall Street Journal
• Housing speculation and its economic consequences – VOX
• Texas Housing Insight – Real Estate Center Texas A&M University
• Average U.S. Home Seller Profits Hit $65,500 in 2019, Another New High – ATTOM Data Solutions
• The Trump administration’s new housing rules will worsen segregation – Economic Policy Institute
• The Folly Of Bernie Sanders’ National Rent Control Proposal – Cato
• Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong – New York Times
• Concentration in Mortgage Markets: GSE Exposure and Risk-Taking in Uncertain Times – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

On other countries:

• [Cambodia] Cambodia has oversupply of housing market – Global Property Guide
• [Finland] Housing market in Finland stays weak – Global Property Guide
• [Puerto Rico] Puerto Rico’s housing market bounced back strongly – Global Property Guide
• [United Arab Emirates] Dubai steps up efforts to revive property market – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] Number of young homeowners catches up with private renters once more – Financial Times
• [Vietnam] Positive outlook for Vietnam’s property market – Global Property Guide