House prices and rents have risen faster than inflation in most OECD countries
Housing increasingly weighs on household budgets
Low-income households spend much of their earnings on housing
Housing supply has not kept pace with income growth in most countries
Supply elasticities differ across metropolitan areas
House prices can evolve very differently across regions
Governments are investing less in housing
House prices and business cycles are tightly linked
A rebound followed the construction crash in many countries
Mortgages account for the bulk of household debt
High homeownership countries feature low residential mobility
Low-income households face a housing quality challenge
High-homeownership countries tend to exhibit low wealth inequality
CO2 emissions from housing vary considerably across countries
Building energy codes and standards vary in stringency across the world
Urban areas have expanded differently across OECD countries
Marginal effective taxation of residential property
The governance of land-use lacks efficiency in many countries
Rental market regulations are often restrictive
Most measures to alleviate the housing impact of COVID‑19 targeted tenants and homeowners
Necessary energy-efficiency upgrading of buildings will weigh on affordability
Much of the EU housing stock was built many decades ago