On cross-country:
- New Taxes Helped Cool London’s Housing Market. Could That Happen in New York? Economists and real estate agents are calling London’s taxation of wealthy property owners a cautionary tale for New York, where leaders have endorsed a second-home tax. – New York Times
Working papers and conferences:
- The Regional and Demographic Profile of Housing Affordability: Evidence from Greek Households – CEPR
- Housing Wealth Accumulation and Electoral Representation – University of California – San Diego
- Market Power in Mortgage Pricing: the Role of Referral Lending – NBER
- Price and Prejudice: Preferences and Incentives in the Dynamics of Racial Residential Segregation – CEPR
- Upgrading housing – the potential and limits of borrower-based measures – SUERF
- Housing Supply and Racial Integration: Evidence from Building Permits in U.S. Metropolitan Areas – OSF
- The Impact of the Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax on Asset Equity and the Housing Market – Journal of Housing Economics
On Australia and New Zealand:
On other countries:
- [Canada] Canada’s deflating housing bubble stymies wealth effect of booming stock market – Reuters
- [Mexico] Mexico City seeks new rent controls. Shortage of affordable homes and protests over US immigrants prompt policy response – FT
- [United Kingdom] The Guardian view on help to buy: entrenching housing inequalities, rather than helping. The Tories’ flagship scheme has aided higher earners most. The latest analysis of its flaws should lead to a rethink – The Guardian
- [United Kingdom] New Taxes Helped Cool London’s Housing Market. Could That Happen in New York? Economists and real estate agents are calling London’s taxation of wealthy property owners a cautionary tale for New York, where leaders have endorsed a second-home tax. – New York Times
- [United Kingdom] The problem with falling house prices. Homes are too expensive in the UK, but a large correction would be bad for everyone — including first-time buyers – FT