On cross-country:
- Which countries most love working from home? And what has it done to their economies? – The Economist
Working papers and conferences:
- Housing and inequality: A critical link in economic disparities – VoxEU
- When Developers Hold Office: Shaping Housing Supply Through Local Politics – CEPR
- Effect of Ownership Composition on Property Prices and Rents: Evidence from Chinese Investment Boom in Us Housing Markets – SSRN
- Wealth and Risk Attitude: Evidence from House Price Increase in Korea – SSRN
- Mortgages for Second Residences and Housing Markets – SSRN
On Australia and New Zealand:
- [Australia] Why Labor and the Coalition’s housing policies could make the crisis worse – The Guardian
- [Australia] Sydney Boarding Homes Threatened by Luxury Builds as Prices Soar – Bloomberg
- [Australia] Australians could be waiting more than 70 years for affordable housing if prices follow path pushed by major parties. Labor and the Coalition have launched policies to tackle the crisis, but they shied away from the idea of falling house prices – The Guardian
- [Australia] The electorates where house prices rose (and fell) the most – Financial Review
On other countries:
- [Canada] ‘My home is worth millions – but my own kids are priced out of this city’ – BBC
- [Canada] Homebuilding in Canada stalls despite population explosion – Fraser Institute
- [Canada] Newfoundland and Labrador’s population growth dwarfs homebuilding rate – Fraser Institute
- [Canada] Canada’s Prime Minister Pushes Country to Become the Housing Factory of the World. Mark Carney is banking on factory-built homes to alleviate the country’s housing crisis. But will it work? – Bloomberg
- [Canada] Canada’s Million-Dollar Housing Crisis. Soaring housing costs, with many homes nearing $1 million, have sparked an exodus from cities like Vancouver, and Canadians want their next prime minister to do something about it. – New York Times
- Why Greater Toronto Could Decide Who Wins Canada’s Election. The Conservatives had enjoyed a lead over Liberals in the region largely because of rising housing and food costs. But President Trump’s tariffs have shifted the equation. – New York Times
- [Canada] Canada’s housing market was poised for a comeback. Then trade war jitters set in – The Globe and Mail
- [Canada] Housing Market Monitor – National Bank of Canada
- [Canada] Carney Pushes Canada to Become the Housing Factory of the World – Bloomberg
- [Canada] The housing crisis is made worse by a policy mismatch. Serious social and economic consequences could unfold unless deficient housing policy is addressed and better aligned with immigration policy. – Policy Options
- [Greece] Decoding Housing Affordability in Greece – Alpha Bank
- [India] Mumbai’s Rush to Rebuild Comes With a Warning. The redevelopment frenzy in India’s commercial hub is dangerously close to peaking – Bloomberg
- [Netherlands] Netherlands a ‘cautionary tale’ for Coalition’s mortgage deduction scheme, expert warns. Cody Hochstenbach says the scheme in his country has driven up home prices and weighs heavily on taxpayers – The Guardian
- [South Africa] Backyard Micro-Flats Aim to Ease South Africa’s Housing Crisis. A startup is fronting the costs for homeowners to become landlords as part of a broader effort to expand affordable housing in poor townships. – Bloomberg
- [Spain] Spain to speed up industrial construction of social housing with EU funds – Reuters
- [United Kingdom] Mortgage completions rose by 50% in March as UK buyers rushed to beat stamp duty deadline. Barclays says March was busiest month in property market since 2021, driven by scramble to avoid higher costs – The Guardian
- [United Kingdom] London Rents Surge. Why Are Landlords Miserable? The rapid increase should attract investor capital, but new environmental rules have undermined the laws of economics. – Bloomberg