The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Paul Krugman backs temporary rent caps to curb housing speculation in Europe. – Yahoo Finance
• Square Meter Prices by Country and City – Global Property Guide

Working papers and conferences:  

• Conference: Residential Realities: Understanding Challenges and Considering Solutions in the U.S. Housing Market on November 13-14 – Boston Fed
• Insuring Landlords – NBER
• Short-Term Incidence of Property Tax Hikes on Professionally Managed Apartments – Evidence from Philadelphia – Philadelphia Fed
• Priced Out of Parenthood: Housing Costs, Household Formation, and Fertility in Spain – VoxEU
• ‘Property Values’ Review: Paving Paradise. The heart of America’s housing affordability problem is the excessive regulation of land. – Wall Street Journal

On Australia and New Zealand:

• [Australia] Has Australia’s push for lower house prices gone too far? Canberra wanted to cool one of the world’s hottest property markets – FT
• [Australia] Banks set for reckoning as housing storm builds – AFR
• [Australia] House prices fall for seventh consecutive month as interest rates dent demand. Centre of downturn shifts away from Sydney and Melbourne, but after such strong growth most homeowners still sit on sizeable gains – The Guardian
• [Australia] Australia’s Housing Slump Deepens as RBA Prepares Another Rate Rise. The central bank is expected to raise the official cash rate to its highest level in 18 years – Wall Street Journal
• [Australia] Australia’s Home Prices Fall Further Ahead of Expected Rate Hike – Bloomberg
• [New Zealand] How Living Costs, Jobs and Housing Are Shaping New Zealand’s Election – Bloomberg
• [New Zealand] New Zealand Posts Biggest Annual House-Price Drop in 19 Months – Bloomberg

On other countries:  

• [Canada] Here’s how new B.C. government can turn housing promises into real reform – Fraser Institute
• [Germany] Apartment prices below prior-year level for the first time in more than two years – KIEL
• [India] Building Resilient and Affordable Housing in the Hindu Kush Himalayas – Development Asia
• [Israel] Israel is building homes at a record pace. So why aren’t prices falling faster? Record inventory of unsold homes and growing developer discounts point to a cooling market, but experts say data hides demographic realities – Times of Israel
• [Portugal] Portugal police storm housing protest camps in Lisbon, Porto. – DW
• [Portugal] Portuguese housing activists take part in a protest in Lisbon – Reuters
• [Spain] Priced Out of Parenthood: Housing Costs, Household Formation, and Fertility in Spain – VoxEU
• [Spain] Spanish police clear remaining housing protesters from Madrid encampment – Reuters
• [United Kingdom] Housing Housebuilding is the best way to address the UK’s cost of living crisis. The Budget showed again that Burnham and Healey are ignoring the laws of supply and demand – FT
• [United Kingdom] UK House Prices Stagnant as Loan Costs Bite, Nationwide Says – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] New scheme will struggle to deliver ‘the homes buyers want’. Many first-time purchasers want three-bed houses but Your First Home price caps mean mostly flats will qualify in large parts of country – FT
• [United Kingdom] Britain’s housing market unlikely to recover until 2028, says Savills. House prices forecast to fall by 1.5% next year as Middle East war keeps mortgage rates higher for longer – The Guardian