The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Housing, Debt and the Economy: a Tale of Two Countries – University of Oxford
• The End of the Global Housing Boom – Bloomberg
• Housing Costs and Regional Income Inequality in China and the U.S. – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Charlemagne: the backlash against Airbnb – Economist
• ¿Es posible alquilar en la ciudad sin dejarse el sueldo en ello? – GQ
• Prime price growth drift lower across global cities – Knight Frank

On the US:

• The Scar From Which The Construction Workforce Has Yet To Recover – BuildZoom, Wall Street Journal
• Eyes Wide Shut? The Moral Hazard of Mortgage Insurers during the Housing Boom – NBER
• What is driving America’s housing crisis? A long-read Q&A with Lynn Fisher – American Enterprise Institute
• Fixing Public Housing: A Day Inside a $32 Billion Problem – New York Times
• Blackstone Makes First Bet on Manufactured Housing – Blackstone
• The Urbanist Case for Trailer Parks – CityLab
• The U.S. Housing Market Looks Headed for Its Worst Slowdown in Years – Bloomberg
• A Greater Share of Rentals Are Out of Reach for Blacks, Hispanics – Zillow
• Buying a Home Is Less Affordable Than It’s Been in Almost a Decade – Zillow
• Homeownership Aspirations: The Enduring & Evolving American Dream – Zillow
• Non-Resident Foreigners Sell for Twice Median U.S. Home Value – Zillow
• When Rent Growth Signals Stability, Not Stress – Zillow
• The Real Reasons Millennials Are Struggling to Become Homeowners – Zillow
• Housing’s Headwinds Are Getting Stiffer – Bloomberg
• Nation’s housing market may be headed for biggest slowdown in years – Seattle Times
• As Affordable Housing Crisis Grows, HUD Sits on the Sidelines – New York Times
• MLS Information Sharing Intensity and Housing Market Outcomes – The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
• New York City Sues Airbnb to Force Compliance With Subpoena – Bloomberg
• Best Neighborhoods for Real Estate Buying and Investing – ATTOM

On other countries:

• [Australia] Australia House Prices Fall the Most in 7 Years – Bloomberg
• [Canada] Canada Risks Creating ‘A Permanent Generation Of Middle-Class Renters’: Industry Group – Huffington Post
• [China] China Toughens Housing Policy as Shenzhen Imposes More Curbs – Bloomberg
• [Poland] Disequilibrium in the real estate market: Evidence from Poland – Land Use Policy

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