The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Property markets and real estate companies – Bank for International Settlements
• Global crisis of affordable urban housing – where are the progressive responses? – Foundation for European Progressive Studies
• A Caribbean New Urban Agenda post-Habitat III: Closing the gaps – Habitat International

On the US:

• The Economic Implications of Housing Supply – NBER
• Access to Long-Term Care After a Wealth Shock: Evidence from the Housing Bubble and Burst – NBER
• Foreign Buyers and Home-Price Growth – HousingViews
• Is Homeownership Dead? – House Canary
• Why Houston Housing Is Poised to Get More Expensive and Unequal – Citylab
• California Today: A Political Push for Affordable Housing – New York Times
• 2017 National Rental Housing Landscape – NYU Furman Center
• Housing Finance, Affordability, and Supply in the Digital Age – Urban Institute

On other countries:

• [Belize] Belize’s thriving luxury property market – Global Property Guide
• [Canada] Vancouver: No Fixed Address – Documentary
• [China] China central bank backs mortgage rate hikes in capital – Reuters
• [China] China’s Campaign to Cool House Prices Could Ease as Curbs Bite – Bloomberg
• [China] China’s Dangerous House Price Boom Is Spreading – Bloomberg
• [China] Rural-Urban Migration, Structural Transformation, and Housing Markets in China – NBER
• [China] One-third of China households see home prices rising in fourth-quarter: central bank survey – Reuters
• [Denmark] The Financial Crisis and Diverging House Prices: Evidence from the Copenhagen Metropolitan Area – Tinbergen Institute
• [Egypt] Egypt’s moneyed classes are buying houses like there’s no tomorrow! – Global Property Guide
• [France] France’s housing market is gaining momentum, amidst improving economy – Global Property Guide
• [Ireland] Ireland’s ‘bad bank’ set for new role as property developer – Financial Times
• [Israel] Israel’s decade-long house price boom could be over, as government cooling measures intensify – Global Property Guide
• [Laos] Laos is in the midst of a construction boom – Global Property Guide
• [Oman] Low crude oil prices hurting Oman’s property market – Global Property Guide
• [Taiwan] Taiwan’s housing market is gaining momentum – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Political uncertainty dampens the UK’s property market – Global Property Guide

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