The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Global cities record weakest [house] price growth since 2015 – Knight Frank
• Top employers are helping with city housing – Raconteur
• Airbnb’s newest weapon against regulation: The Real Estate Industry – Wired

On the US:

• Are Affordability Perceptions Reducing Household Mobility and Exacerbating the Housing Shortage? – Fannie Mae
• Why does cost of living vary so much? Housing, housing, housing – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Why is it so difficult to live where you work? Housing costs and homeownership in economic centers – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• What Will It Cost to Fix New York’s Public Housing? – New York Times
• San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’ – New York Times

On other countries:

• [Australia] The Outlook for the Housing Market – Reserve Bank of Australia
• [Canada] Pricey Vancouver Housing Market Weakens With Buyers on Sidelines – Bloomberg
• [Germany] Berlin Aims to Cut Its Residential Real-Estate Boom Down to Size – Wall Street Journal
• [Hong Kong] Don’t Expect Hong Kong’s Vacant-Home Tax to Cool Prices – Bloomberg
• [Ireland] Irish lenders told to raise capital buffers – Financial Times
• [Singapore] Singapore Property Curbs Are a Mallet, Not a Hammer – Bloomberg
• [Spain] Housing In Spain: An Unbalanced Market, But Not A Bubble – The Corner
• [United Kingdom] Policy Exchange: housing speech – UK.Gov
• [United Kingdom] UK housing market stuck in doldrums as prices stagnate – Financial Times

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