The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Finance and housing in Central and Eastern Europe – a demand-side approach – National Bank of Romania
• Affordable housing key for development and social equality, UN says on World Habitat Day – UN
• Quarterly Review of European Mortgage Markets Q2 2017 – European Covered Bond Council
• Hypostat 2017 – European Covered Bond Council
• Ownership rates in Europe – European Covered Bond Council
• Capital flows into European real estate are ‘developing not cooling’ – PropertyEU

On the US:

• The 2017 National Rental Housing Landscape – NYU Furman Center
• July 2017 Market Report: Almost Half of U.S. Homes Are Worth More Now Than Before the Bubble – Zillow
• 15 Favorites From Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends Report 2017 – Zillow
• A More Timely House Price Index – The Review of Economics and Statistics
• The real cause of the America’s housing bubble was foreign money – Financial Times
• The Negative (and Positive) Spillovers of Concentrated Foreclosure Activity in New York City – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Overregulation Is the Main Block to Affordable Housing – Wall Street Journal
• Why Fall Should Be Hunting Season for Starter Home Buyers – Trulia
• Land-Use Regulations, Property Values, and Rents: Decomposing the Effects of the California Coastal Act – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Housing as a Safety Net – Urban Land Institute
• Housing as an Asset Class – Urban Land Institute

On other countries:

• [Canada] A novel approach to affordable housing in Canada – CMHC
• [Canada] Too Many Bedrooms, Not Enough Housing? – University of B.C.
• [China] China steps up battle against runaway property prices – Financial Times
• [Germany] Assessing Recent House Price Developments in Germany: An Overview – Monetary Policy, Financial Crises, and the Macroeconomy
• [Ireland] Irish House Price Report Q3 2017 – Daft.ie
• [Israel] A Housing Plunge Doesn’t Concern Israel’s Top Economic Adviser – Bloomberg
• [Macau] Macau’s amazing, incredible, soaring property prices – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Rent control could deepen the housing crisis in UK’s most expensive cities – Centre for Cities
• [United Kingdom] Britain’s Housing Crunch – Bloomberg

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