The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Central banks push for action on Europe’s rising house prices – Financial Times
• Hypostat 2019 – European Mortgage Federation
• Negative interest rates are inflating real estate prices. These cities are at risk of a bubble – CNN
• The global real estate rethink – Axios

On the US:

• Stranded: Inequality, House Prices leaving People Trapped – IMF
• Opinion: Rent control is better than nothing, but it can’t fix California’s housing crisis – Los Angeles Times
• How to Kill a Housing Market – Wall Street Journal
• Bernie’s National Rent Control – Wall Street Journal
• Would AOC’s National Rent Control Solve the Housing Crisis, or Make It Even Worse? – Citylab
• How Rent Control Threatens the American Dream – Foundation for Economic Education
• Poll: 59% of Americans Favor Building More Housing in Their Neighborhood – Cato
• California’s Poorest Big City Faces a Different Kind of Housing Crisis – Citylab
• Affordable Housing – Bloomberg
• Help for California’s Housing Crisis Is in the Backyard – Bloomberg
• Mortgage Finance in the Face of Rising Climate Risk – NBER, New York Times
• Think San Francisco Housing Is Expensive? It Ranks 10th Globally. – Barron’s

On other countries:

• [Canada] To Tackle Housing Affordability in Canada, Build More Houses – IMF
• [Colombia] Building Inclusive Social Housing: Lessons from Bogota – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• [Panama] Panama’s property prices are rising strongly – Global Property Guide
• [United Kingdom] Employment and the collateral channel of monetary policy – Bank of England
• [United Kingdom] Divorce: dividing up the family home – Financial Times
• [Vietnam] Positive outlook for Vietnam’s property market – Global Property Guide