It’s the world’s third-largest economy. It also has the world’s most pronounced population decline. Now, Japan is giving away vacant homes to deal with an excess of housing stock.

Sean Fleming 30 Nov 2018

Banking and Capital Markets

What Spain can teach us about housing bubbles

Housing bubbles may crowd out credit from other sectors, but they may also have a crowding-in effect by providing collateral to real estate-owning firms or generating attractive assets wh...

Alberto Martin , Enrique Moral-Benito, and Tom Schmitz · VoxEU 17 Sep 2018

Inclusive Growth Framework

Washington residents have come up with a new model for affordable housing

With its prime location and rapid development over the past decade, the Columbia Heights neighbourhood commands among the highest rents in the U.S. capital — already one of the most expen...

Carey L. Biron · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 24 Aug 2018

Inclusive Growth Framework

What could housing reforms mean for Cuba?

Cuba has recognised private home ownership.

Isobel Anderson and Regina Serpa · The Conversation 06 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Want to save the planet? Move to Wales

New policies allow easier access to planning permission if people build ecologically sustainable housing.

Max Baring · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 03 Aug 2018

Inclusive Growth Framework

When looking at the house market, we should consider rent more closely

If property prices are rising, it is commonly assumed we must be facing a shortage of supply relative to demand. So if we’re ever going to reduce housing affordability problems, we’re sim...

Rachel Ong · The Conversation 02 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This tiny sustainable home could be the future of living

Designers from the UN and Yale University have collaborated to create a piece of futuristic architecture.

Koty Neelis · Green Matters 19 Jul 2018

Germany

Micro-apartments could be the answer to a growing housing problem in German cities

The number of single-person households stood at more than 40% in 2016.

JLL Staff Reporter · JLL Real Views 02 May 2018

Real Estate

If you want to know house prices in London, check the Tokyo listings

Research suggests that house prices are being influenced by investors elsewhere in the world.

Claudio Raddatz · IMF Blog 17 Apr 2018

Real Estate

Berlin has the world's fastest rising city property prices

House prices in Berlin increased by more than 20% in 2017, according to data from estate agent Knight Frank.

Rob Smith 16 Apr 2018

Financial and Monetary Systems

The world's most expensive prime property

This chart shows the amount of prime residential property around the world that can be bought with $1 million.

Adam Jezard 12 Apr 2018

Real Estate

Young Londoners face over 20 years of saving to buy a small apartment

Rising housing prices and lower salaries are edging out millennials from the first-time home buyer market.

John McKenna 09 Apr 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Why solar windows could be the future of renewable energy

Researchers are developing solar panels that still let through enough light to function as a window.

Mushfika Baishakhi Upama and Matthew Wright · The Conversation 16 Feb 2018

Real Estate

These are the cities where property prices are overheating fastest

UBS has published the 'Global Real Estate Bubble Index' examining house prices in global financial centres.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 16 Feb 2018

Real Estate

How drones, data and AI are changing the property sector

Asia is at the forefront of 'proptech', which harnesses the power of big data, drones and AI to revolutionize the way we buy, sell and think about property.

Anthony Couse 24 Jan 2018

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