The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• 8th Global Housing Finance Conference (May 30-June 01, 2018) – World Bank
• How Cities Are Tightening the Leash on Airbnb – Citylab
• Housing policy and marriage: evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia – Economic Research Forum

On the US:

• Implications of US Tax Policy for House Prices, Rents, and Homeownership – American Economic Review
• America’s Republicans take aim at mortgage subsidies – Economist
• How Many Hours Americans Need to Work to Pay Their Mortgage – Visual Capitalist
• Labor Market Improvement and the Use of Subsidized Housing Programs – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• Stuck in Subprime? Examining the Barriers to Refinancing Mortgage Debt – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Home Equity Wealth at New High – HousingViews
• Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Costly, Complex, and Corruption-Prone – Cato Institute
• Bank Think Mortgage deduction helps housing lobby, but not homeowners – American Banker
• New research says it’s better to buy than rent—and it has nothing to do with money – Quartz

On other countries:

• [Australia] A rare dose of honesty in the housing affordability debate – MacroBusiness
• [Canada] Immigration, Capital Flows, and Housing Prices – British Columbia
• [Canada] Vancouver Limits Airbnb, in an Effort to Combat Its Housing Crisis – New York Times
• [Germany] Ticking time-bomb lies under Berlin’s property market – Financial Times
• [Germany] Spreading housing shortage hits over 850,000 people in Germany – Reuters
• [India] Home Price Rises Slow in India Thanks to Modi’s Cash Ban – Bloomberg
• [Ireland] Irish house prices: Déjà vu all over again? – Economic & Social Research Institute
• [Netherlands] Amsterdam returns Dutch house prices to 2008 highs – Financial Times
• [Sweden] UPDATE 3-Sweden’s FSA proposes tighter mortgage rules as housing market slows – Reuters
• [Sweden] Sweden’s big banks call an end to decades-long housing boom – Financial Times
• [Sweden] The Shock of Sweden’s Housing Market is Hitting the Country’s Currency – Bloomberg
• [United Kingdom] However you analyse it, housing in Britain is a mess – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] Solving UK housing crisis requires more than new homes – Financial Times

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