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Housing’s Unique Role in Lives and Economies Demands Greater Understanding

December 4, 2024

Gita Bhatt

Affordability and other complex housing issues challenging governments can be better revealed in broader economic analysis

How Falling Home Prices Could Strain Financial Markets as Interest Rates Rise

May 31, 2023

Nina Biljanovska

Countries with elevated housing prices and high household debt issued at floating rates are particularly vulnerable to monetary policy tightening

Image of roofs of houses in Copenhagen, Denmark.

House Prices Continue to Fall as Borrowing Costs Rise

March 15, 2023

Hites Ahir, Prakash Loungani, Karan Bhasin

Property markets should enjoy greater stability when central banks slow or pause their campaign of raising interest rates to tame inflation

Housing Prices Continue to Soar in Many Countries Around the World

October 18, 2021

The Editors

Making Affordable Rental Housing Part of Europe’s Recovery

May 26, 2021

Alfred Kammer, Andrea Schaechter, Andreas Tudyka

Construction Activity Can Signal When Credit Booms Go Wrong

February 12, 2020

Deniz Igan

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