The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• 500 Years of Urban Rents, Housing Quality and Affordability – Research Gate

On the US:

• Seventh annual AEI-CRN conference on housing markets and finance: Supply, demand, and pro-cyclical forces – American Enterprise Institute
• Lynn Fisher on affordable housing and US housing markets – American Enterprise Institute
• Changes in Supply and Demand at Various Segments of the Rental Market: How Do They Match Up? – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Creepin’ it Real: Haunted Neighborhoods and Their Home Values – Trulia
• American Abodes: Where International House Hunters are Searching for Homes – Trulia
• Why there’s no bubble in the US housing market – AsianInvestor
• Intergenerational Homeownership – Urban Institute
• Mortgage Rates Are Pushing U.S. Homes Out of Reach – Bloomberg
• How Airbnb’s Tech Is Impacting People’s Fundamental Human Rights – Forbes
• No, rent control doesn’t always reduce the supply of housing – Los Angeles Times
• Rent Control Returns: Thoughts and Evidence – Conversable Economist

On other countries:

• [China] Local capital scarcity and industrial decline caused by China’s real estate booms – VOX
• [Greece] Seeking a bargain, and taste of the good life, Chinese buy Greek homes – Reuters
• [Singapore] Singapore’s Public Housing, Envy of World, Hits Rough Patch – Bloomberg
• [Spain] Little Caracas, el barrio de lujo que se ha instalado en el centro de Madrid – GQ
• [United Kingdom] Curtain comes down on Help to Buy – Financial Times

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