Global Housing Watch

On cross-country:

  • Bedrooms for sale highlight the depths of Europe’s housing crisis – Reuters
  • Housing crisis: why prices are rising and what the EU is doing about it. Rising house prices and rents are a big concern for many Europeans. Read on for key facts and what the EU is doing about the issue. – European Parliament


Working papers and conferences:

  • How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development? – MIT
  • When Monetary and Macroprudential Policies Tighten Together: Evidence from the Czech Mortgage Market – Czech National Bank
  • Call for Papers: 6th Workshop on Rent Control on June 22-23 – DIW Berlin
  • Nighttime light metrics for analysing urban-rural economic disparities: A case study in 36 Chinese metropolitan areas – Cities


On China:

  • The rotten tail of China’s property bust. Officials want to spread the pain as widely as possible – The Economist
  • March Kicks Off the Start of Homebuying Season: Are You Ready? – Realtor.com


On Australia and New Zealand:

  • [Australia] Australia’s home prices keep rising in February, defying rate hike – Reuters
  • [Australia] Sydney Home Prices Flatline While Rest of Australia Stays Strong – Bloomberg
  • [Australia] Desperate first home buyers are fuelling price ‘up-crash’ at lower end of market, experts say. Biggest house price increases in February come in smaller capital cities as buyers undeterred by interest rate hikes – The Guardian
  • [New Zealand] New Zealand Rolls Out the Welcome Mat for Wealthy American Home Buyers. The country’s budding startup scene and changes to its Active Investor Plus visa program have led to an influx of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and advisers – Wall Street Journal
  • [New Zealand] New Zealand House Prices Edge Higher, While Buyers Stay Cautious – Bloomberg


On other countries:  

  • [Austria] Austria’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Canada] Toronto Home Prices Decline for a Ninth Month as Fears Persist – Bloomberg
  • [Canada] Mortgage Renewal Mission Possible: The Final Reckoning – TD
  • [Chile] Chile’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Finland] Finland’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Hungary] Hungary’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Indonesia] Indonesia’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Korea] Home Prices in Seoul’s Posh Districts Fall After Yearlong Rally – Bloomberg
  • [Peru] Peru’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Romania] Romania’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [Sweden] Sweden’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • Thailand’s Residential Property Market Analysis 2026 – Global Property Guide
  • [United Kingdom] UK house prices ‘bunching’ to avoid mansion tax. Buyers and sellers are already pricing homes under new thresholds – FT
  • [United Kingdom] UK house prices rise in February as chancellor avoids ‘negative speculation’. Rachel Reeves’s upcoming spring forecast has not led to slowdown, as property tax rumours did in November – The Guardian
  • [United Kingdom] UK mortgage approvals fall to lowest level in 2 years. Drop reflects uncertainty among homebuyers around chancellor Rachel Reeves’ November Budget – FT
  • [United Kingdom] How the UK mortgage market became so unstable. The market has not been this jittery in decades — and that was before the Middle East conflict – FT
  • [United Kingdom] London landlord begins evictions ahead of new renters’ rights law. Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital owns several apartment blocks in capital as well as Trocadero centre in Piccadilly – FT  

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