The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Are EU house prices outpacing income? – Eurostat
• Eurozone housing market in 2027: recovery, relapse or revolution? A eurozone housing market recovery may be on the cards for 2027, but there is more than one way the story could unfold. Affordability, interest rates and the political response to Europe’s housing crisis set the scene for three very different scenarios – ING

Working papers and conferences:  

• Clearing the Fog: Price Transparency, Market Churn, and Consumer Welfare in Short-Term Rentals – NBER
• House prices after the pandemic: what persisted and what changed – Bank Underground
• Conference: Residential Realities: Understanding Challenges and Considering Solutions in the U.S. Housing Market on November 13-14 – Boston Fed

On Australia and New Zealand:

• [Australia] An end to RBA rate hikes will be good news finally for homebuyers – but maybe less so for workers. Capital gains tax changes seem to be working as intended on investors, though a fall in owner-occupier loans has more to do with interest rates – The Guardian
• [New Zealand] Losses From Reselling NZ Homes Hit Highest Rate in 14 Years – Bloomberg

On other countries:  

• [Canada] Canada’s housing markets carry minimal momentum through fall – RBC
• [Canada] Canada Budget Relaxes Foreign Buyer Ban, Includes Billions for Housing – Bloomberg
• [Canada] Ford government falls further behind its own homebuilding targets – Fraser Institute
• [Canada] New home prices far exceed construction costs in many Canadian cities – Fraser Institute
• [Ireland] Irish house prices rising 14% faster than incomes, or double EU average. Growth in house prices relative to incomes in Ireland since 2015 double EU average, Eurostat figures show – The Irish Times
• [Mexico] El alquiler de vivienda en Ciudad de México se pone imposible: no se permiten niños, mascotas o hacer teletrabajo. Una ley del Gobierno capitalino pretende regular el mercado ante una realidad plagada de abusos y aquejada de precios inflados – El Pais
• [Spain] La OCDE señala a Madrid como una de las ciudades con mayor desequilibrio entre población y oferta residencial. La organización sitúa a Lisboa y a la capital española entre los mercados más tensionados y cuestiona que movilizar viviendas vacías baste para resolver la crisis – El Pais
• [Spain] ¿Qué pasa con la vivienda? 11 gráficos para entender causas y consecuencias del problema. La huelga del próximo miércoles pone el foco en la crisis habitacional. Repasamos los datos clave que la explicans – El Pais
• [Spain] Millions of Spaniards stage first general strike in 14 years as anger rages over housing – Reuters
• [United Arab Emirates] UAE Residential Property Price Report – October 2026 – REIDIN
• [United Kingdom] Residential Property Forecasts, 2027–2031 – Savills
• [United Kingdom] Many New Houses Cost Too Much for UK’s Your First Home Plan – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] Why house prices are much bleaker than you think. Statistics by the Government’s number-cruncher have been overstating valuations for years – The Telegraph