The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Global Residential Cities Index – Q1 2017 – Knight Frank
• Economic Activity, Credit Market Conditions, and the Housing Market – Macroeconomic Dynamics

On the US:

• FED Governor Jerome H. Powell on The Case for Housing Finance Reform – Speech, Event Video, and Coverage: Financial Times
• Are Home Prices Really Above Their Pre-Recession Peak? – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Housing Sentiment at Record High as Consumers’ Confidence in Home-Selling Environment Strengthens – Fannie Mae
• What you want to know about California’s failed housing affordability law – Los Angeles Times
• It’s time for cities to start building their fair share of housing – Los Angeles Times

On other countries:

• Australian Housing ‘Bubble’ Fears Overblown, HSBC Economist Says – Bloomberg
• [Canada] Rental Ownership Structure in Canada – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• [Canada] Ontario’s One Cylinder Economy: Housing in Toronto and Weak Business Investment – Fraser Institute
• [Canada] Restrictive Land-Use Regulation: Strategies, Effects and Solutions – Frontier Centre for Public Policy
• [China] Relationship between the Chinese housing and marriage markets – VoxDev
• [China] The bubble dynamics of China’s housing boom – VoxDev
• [Germany] Cheap credit not fuelling German real estate bubble for now- central banker – Reuters
• [Norway] Are House Prices Overvalued in Norway? – IMF
• [Switzerland] UBS and Credit Suisse cut back on domestic mortgages – Financial Times