The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Q2 2019: house price slowdown in Asia-Pacific, North America, and some parts of the Middle East, though Europe’s boom continues. – Global Property Guide

On the US:

• Why Are American Homes So Big? – The Atlantic
• How We Know California’s New Rent Control Law Will Make Its Housing Shortage Worse – Foundation for Economic Education
• Why Can’t California Solve Its Housing Crisis? – Rolling Stone
• Statewide California Rent Control: Shooting The Price Messenger – Cato
• California Zoning: Housing Construction and a New Ranking of Local Land Use Regulation – George Mason University
• Airbnb pledges $25 million to support affordable housing and small business – Los Angeles Times
• A Golden State Mayor Takes On the Nimbys – Wall Street Journal
• One in Four of New York’s New Luxury Apartments Is Unsold – New York Times
• New Paper Details the Dramatic Decline of Low-Cost Rentals – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• How Deep Is the GSE ‘Economic Moat’? – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• How Once-Doomed Mortgage Giants Gained New Lease on Life – Wall Street Journal
• Comment Letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the Qualified Mortgage Rule – Urban Institute
• How Debt Burden Affects FHA Mortgage Repayment, in Six Charts – Urban Institute
• HUD’s Proposal to Revise the Disparate Impact Standard Will Impede Efforts to Close the Homeownership Gap – Urban Institute
• Three Ways Fintech Is Changing Homebuying—And Three Important Questions – Urban Institute
• Housing Finance At A Glance: A Monthly Chartbook, August 2019 – Urban Institute

On other countries:

• [Australia] Australia’s house prices are now in free fall – Global Property Guide
• [Barbados] Barbados’ two-tiered housing market – Global Property Guide
• [Chile] Chile’s house prices are rising strongly – Global Property Guide
• [China] China’s house price boom over in the 1st tier cities – Global Property Guide
• [Costa Rica] Costa Rica’s thriving housing market – Global Property Guide
• [Egypt] Egypt’s house prices falling sharply – Global Property Guide
• [India] India’s property market remains weak, amidst a slowing economy – Global Property Guide
• [Indonesia] Indonesia’s housing market rarely makes big moves – Global Property Guide
• [Ireland] Ireland’s housing market is slowing rapidly – Global Property Guide
• [Mexico] Mexico’s housing market is strengthening – Global Property Guide
• [Saudi Arabia] Is Saudi Arabia’s house price decline about to end? – Global Property Guide
• [South Africa] South Africa’s house price appreciation remains below inflation – Global Property Guide
• [Spain] Spain’s housing market remains healthy – Global Property Guide
• [St. Lucia] Saint Lucia is still a buyer’s market, despite its beauty and increasing buzz – Global Property Guide
• [Taiwan] Taiwan’s housing market improving – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Has St Ives’ second home ban backfired? – Financial Times
• [United Kingdom] The UK’s housing market is slowing sharply – Global Property Guide
• [United Arab Emirates] UAE’s property prices fall further – Global Property Guide