The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• 68% of people living in EU households own their home – Eurostat
• MEPs adopt proposals to tackle Europe’s housing crisis – European Parliament
• There are reasons why housing has become the top concern among European citizens. This analysis examines the recent evolution of the European residential market and explores differences between countries in a context where housing has become the main concern among Europeans. What we see is a cycle marked by successive shocks and an insufficient supply, which is now emerging as the main source of tension. – CaixaBank

Working papers and conferences:

• Housing policy, inflation, and monetary policy. An unorthodox view – Brookings
• Understanding CPI shelter inflation: The importance of the new-tenant/all-tenant rent gap – Journal of Housing Economics
• Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods – NBER
• Call for Papers: 6th Workshop on Rent Control on June 22-23 – DIW Berlin

On Australia and New Zealand:

• [Australia] Australia’s Rental Affordability Hits Record Low, Property Consultancy Cotality Says – Bloomberg
• [Australia] Will the government finally deliver a housing policy that stops making a bad situation worse? The 5% deposit guarantee has done what everyone expected to housing affordability. But fixing the capital gains tax discount would be a great move – The Guardian

On other countries:  

• [Hong Kong] Hong Kong reserves 4,000 homes for tenants hit by subdivided flats overhaul – South China Morning Post
• [United Kingdom] UK house prices rise by most since November 2024, Halifax says – Reuters
• [United Kingdom] Residential Research Update – February 2026 – Savills
• [United Kingdom] UK first-time buyers too pessimistic about securing a property, study says. Building Societies Association finds many are gloomy about their prospects of financing a purchase – FT