Friday, February 21, 2020
On cross-country:
On the US:
- Victims of NIMBYism, Unite – The Atlantic
- Technology is poised to upend America’s property market – Economist
- The cost of buying and selling homes is too high – Economist
- When California’s housing crisis slammed into a wealthy suburb, one public servant became a convert to a radically simple doctrine – New York Times
- Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans – Brookings
- The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market – Harvard University
- Amid Climate And Housing Crises, Cities Struggle To Place Housing Near Transit – NPR
- Corporate Landlords Aren’t the Real Culprit – The Atlantic
- 10 Surprising Facts from America’s Rental Housing 2020 – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Black Homeownership Shows Signs of Healing From the Wounds of the Great Recession – Zillow
- Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects of New Housing in Low-Income Areas – Philadelphia Fed
- California Housing Crisis Podcast: Presidential candidates want to make housing affordable – Los Angeles Times
- California Housing Market is Coming Back (Podcast) – Bloomberg
- Offering renters longer leases could improve their financial health and happiness – Brookings
- Home Value Growth Expected to Re-Accelerate Just in Time For Home Shopping Season – Zillow
On other countries:
- [Australia] The Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Local Housing Markets – Reserve Bank of Australia
- [Canada] Canada tweaks mortgage stress test in move that could boost housing market – Reuters
- [China] China’s Real-Estate Market Is Coronavirus Latest Victim – Wall Street Journal
- [Czech Republic] Prague’s unaffordable Old Town sends homebuyers to the suburbs – Financial Times
- [Ireland] Irish house prices grow at slowest rate in six years – Reuters
- [Ireland] Ireland’s political mess rooted in QE house price fallout – Financial Times
- [Netherlands] What is fuelling the Dutch house price boom? – Bruegel
- [South Africa] How Cape Town’s drought led to a housing market downturn – Financial Times
- [United Kingdom] How to fix Britain’s housebuilding problem – Financial Times
Posted by Prakash Loungani at 5:00 AM
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