The Unassuming Economist

Working papers and conferences:

• Event: Developing Coordinated Strategies to Increase Housing Inventory on October 8 – Philadelphia Fed
• Rising housing prices and foreign-invested enterprise inflows in Chinese cities: The role of urban innovation – Habitat International
• Superstar Returns: Spatial Heterogeneity in Returns to Housing – KIEL Institut
• The House Price Channel of Quantitative Easing – IDEAS

On China:

• China’s property market shows signs of stabilisation despite monthly fall. August figures continued their month-on-month decline, though the sluggish sector’s year-on-year numbers narrowed marginally – South China Morning Post
• China Used Home Prices Drop Faster as Cities Expand Support – Bloomberg

On Australia and New Zealand:

• [Australia] Politicians hoping AI can fix Australia’s housing crisis are risking another Robodebt. The technology will be used to ‘simplify and speed up assessments and approvals’. But planning is more than just paperwork waiting to be automated – The Guardian

On other countries:  

• [Austria] Austria Extends Home Rent Controls to Private Contracts – Bloomberg
• [Bosnia and Herzegovina] The Real Estate Market in Bosnia and Herzegovina – IMF
• [Canada] Canada Home Sales Rise for Fifth Month as Inventory Lures Buyers – Bloomberg
• [Canada] Canada announces new federal agency to build affordable housing – Reuters
• [Canada] Carney allots $13-billion to build affordable housing under Build Canada Homes – The Globe and Mail
• [Canada] Carney Unveils $9.4 Billion Plan to Build Affordable Homes – Bloomberg 
• [France] The left’s radical plan to fix housing in Paris. Authorities are using an arsenal of interventionist tools to make city homes affordable. Critics call it an attack on property rights. – FT 
• [Hong Kong] Hong Kong developers test homebuyer sentiment as residential market outlook improves. Henderson Land and Swire Properties have varying success with the sales of their residential projects in To Kwa Wan and Chai Wan – South China Morning Post
• [Ireland] House prices have grown by about 50 percent on average over the last five years – Irish Independent
• [New Zealand] New Zealand home prices dip in August, buyers remain cautious – Reuters
• [Singapore] Singapore Home Sales Surge to Nine-Month High in Renewed Frenzy – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] UK rental listings fall at fastest rate since Covid lockdown, survey shows. Rics members attribute sharp drop to worries over tenants’ rights, inheritance tax and national insurance – FT
• [United Kingdom] Average U.K. House Asking Prices Rise in September. Rightmove said the rise was less than the average for this time of the year – Wall Street Journal
• [United Kingdom] UK house prices fall while rents rise by least in 4 years, surveys show – Reuters
• [United Kingdom] UK house prices to rise more slowly than expected, helping first-time buyers: Reuters poll – Reuters
• [United Kingdom] UK house prices rise 2.8% in 12 months to July – Reuters