The Unassuming Economist

On cross-country:

• Q3 2019: The global house price boom continues strong, especially in Europe, but sharp slowdown in North America, the Middle East and some parts of Asia-Pacific – Global Property Guide
• Prime Global Cities Index Q3 2019 – Knight Frank

On the US:

• Bold Predictions for 2020: Shrinking Homes and a More Stable Market – Zillow
• These Housing Markets Could Heat Up (Podcast) – Bloomberg
• Fix California’s Housing Crisis, Activists Say. But Which One? – Citylab
• A Modest Proposal: How Even Minimal Densification Could Yield Millions of New Homes – Zillow
• Mapping America’s Metropolitan Growth: Islands of Density in a Sea of No Growth – Zillow
• Home Purchase Sentiment Rebounds in November, Re-Approaches Survey High – FannieMae
• Home Equity in Retirement – Philadelphia Fed
• Owner-Occupancy Fraud and Mortgage Performance – Philadelphia Fed
• Opinion: To solve the problem of unaffordable entry-level housing, abolish single-family zoning – MarketWatch
• Vouchers can help the poor find homes. But landlords often won’t accept them. – VOX
• Fannie and Freddie Need Fixing — Urgently: A Response to Joe Nocera – Cato Liberty
• Release: New Carpenter Index developed by AEI Housing Center – American Enterprise Institute
• “Decommodifying” Housing and Other Magical Thinking – E21
• Tenants are winners in Manhattan’s oversupplied luxury home market – Financial Times

On other countries:

• [China] China’s Housing Market Goes the WeWork Way—and Thousands Get Evicted – Wall Street Journal
• [Israel] Does Location Matter? Evidence on Differential Mortgage Pricing in Israel – Bank of Israel
• [Lithuania] Lithuania’s modest house prices increase – Global Property Guide
• [Netherlands] Netherlands’ house price growth slowly decreasing – Global Property Guide
• [Norway] Norway’s financial stability as risk from household debt, property prices -regulator – Reuters

*Please note that Housing View will be on hiatus for the next three weeks.