The Unassuming Economist

On the US:

• Housing finance issues to watch in 2019 – Urban Institute
• Experts weigh in on housing reform at House hearing – Housing Wire
• The Price of Residential Land for Counties, ZIP codes, and Census Tracts in the United States – Federal Housing Finance Agency
• Leaving Households Behind: Institutional Investors and the U.S. Housing Recovery – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Real-estate agents say government shutdown is impacting the housing market – MarketWatch
• Chinese buyers expand their reach in the US housing market as the middle class gets in on the act – CNBC
• What actions can policymakers take to avert the brewing national housing crisis? – Washington Post
• 2018 Roundup: Our Most Popular Blogs of the Year – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Appraising Home Purchase Appraisals – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• California Housing Development Is A ‘Disaster Waiting To Happen’ – NPR
• Is Housing the Business Cycle, 2019? – Econbrowser
• Elizabeth Warren’s Housing Crisis Plan Hints at Reparations – Citylab
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers and Property Values – NBER
• Affordable homes or investment assets? – Washington Post
• The American Dream Isn’t for Black Millennials – New York Times
• Rich Cities Created the Housing Shortage – Wall Street Journal
• Housing Confidence Down as More Americans Believe It’s a Bad Time to Buy a Home – Fannie Mae
• It’s a Wonderful Loan: A Short History of Building and Loan Associations – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• See How Landlords Pack Section 8 Renters Into Poorer Neighborhoods – Citylab
• As Fewer Young Adults Wed, Married Couples’ Wealth Surpasses Others’ – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• America’s Housing Crisis Could Imperil Trump’s Presidency – Citylab
• Survey: First Home Nightmares – Porch
• US housing market uncertainty prompts Lennar to scrap guidance – Financial Times

On other countries:

• [Australia] Australia’s house price slide prompts worries about economy – Financial Times
• [Canada] What happened when Vancouver residents built new homes in their backyards – Financial Times
• [China] China house price gains no longer a certainty: central bank adviser – Reuters
• [China] Empty Homes and Protests: China’s Property Market Strains the World – New York Times
• [China] China warns cities to cut reliance on property, developers’ shares fall – Reuters
• [Netherlands] Amsterdam Houses Head for Record Prices – Bloomberg
• [New Zealand] New Zealand’s house prices are rising again – Global Property Guide
• [Slovak Republic] Slovak Republic’s house price rises slowing – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Cheer up, millennials! It will become easier to buy a house – Economist

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