Attention Economy


Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Real Estate Economics: Housing Markets in US and Europe

Are home prices falling? See what it’s like in your area.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/housing-market-price-trends/

US new home sales soar to 13-month high in April
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-new-home-sales-soar-13-month-high-april-2023-05-23/
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/us-new-home-sales-unexpectedly-increase-for-a-second-month
 
In Today’s Housing Market, It’s Timing Over Location
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-todays-housing-market-its-timing-over-location-eefdb890
Steep increases in home prices and mortgage rates have set buyers on divergent financial trajectories—even when they bought only a year or two apart.

A Housing Bust Comes for Thousands of Small-Time Investors
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-housing-bust-comes-for-thousands-of-small-time-investors-3934beb3
They were offered the benefits of owning apartment-building rentals without any of the work, in real-estate investments that have already left some people empty-handed.
 
The Biggest South Florida Housing Boom Is Near the Rail Stations
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-south-florida-housing-boom-is-near-the-rail-stations-d6101467
 
Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/magazine/vienna-social-housing.html
Soaring real estate markets have created a worldwide housing crisis. What can we learn from a city that has largely avoided it?