On the US—developments on house prices, rent, permits and mortgage:
- US Home Price Insights – May 2023 – CoreLogic
- Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Increased in March; Prices Up 1.0% YoY – Calculated Risk
- Asking rents increase through Q1 – Yardi
- US Homeowners Hold Near-Record Equity Even After Price Declines – Bloomberg
- Unaffordable Prices Are Most Common Reason Buyers Can’t Make Purchase – NAHB
On the US—other developments:
- A Policy Proposal to Increase the Utilization of the Current Housing Stock – Calculated Risk
- Lawler: Invitation Homes Net Seller of Single-Family Properties for Second Straight Quarter. Some Operating Statistics from Large Publicly-Traded Home Builders – Calculated Risk
- Homeownership Rate Remains High Amid Low Supply – Realtor.com
- Why it’s So Hard to Convert Offices into Housing – First American
- The First Step to Solving the Housing Crisis Might Be Simpler Than You Think. America couldn’t conquer unemployment until there was an unemployment rate. So it’s time to start compiling a housing loss rate. – Politico
On other countries:
- [Australia] Austrian Home Prices Slump for Second Quarter With More to Come. Residential property prices have fallen 2.3% since late 2022. Raiffeisen Bank analysts predict 10% total decline by 2024 – Bloomberg
- [Australia] Renters to get stronger protections in red-hot market – AFR
- [Australia] Rent in Australian capital cities climbs record 11.7% in 12 months. Increase equivalent to $3,200 a year for tenants, with relief ‘unlikely’ in the short term as demand continues to outstrip supply – The Guardian
- [Canada] The effects of transaction taxes on housing markets – VoxEU
- [Sweden] Sweden’s Housing Downturn Deepens, With More Declines Forecast – Bloomberg
- [United Kingdom] UK House Prices Rise for First Time in Eight Months. Nationwide figures add to signs of strength after slump. Economist says any further gains are likely to be small – Bloomberg