Markets – Professor Graham Squires

House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates

https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1643777

2 years on: Is the Housing Affordability crisis still a crisis?

Here’s part of an article I wrote for the main online NZ media outlet stuff.co.nz on housing affordability prior to the 2017 election… Talk of

Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for?

Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis, this research examines how resilience theory and rhetoric relating to the economy and housing markets has been translated into policy and

Home affordability declines in most New Zealand regions

The latest Massey University Home Affordability Report shows most regions of New Zealand have declined in affordability over the most

Central Otago Lakes has now Surpassed Auckland as the Most Unaffordable Region in New Zealand

The Massey Home Affordability Index takes into account the cost of borrowing as well as house prices and wage levels. This March quarter has seen

Rising House Prices Still Drive Housing Affordability Metrics

The Massey Affordability Index takes into account the cost of borrowing as well as house prices and wage levels. This December quarter has seen a

Dysfunctional Neighbourhoods Exist: More Urban Regeneration Needed

Neighbourhoods within area-based initiatives that are engaged with regeneration and renewal often experience difficulties of poverty, disadvantage

A housing numbers game? The new housing quality design challenge

The last 15 years has seen significant changes in the location, type, delivery and design of urban

Low Demand Neighbourhoods – Housing Market Renewal Experience

I completed a PhD from the University of Manchester (2009), that predominantly focused on exploring the drivers and dynamics associated with what I termed ‘low

Influential books #89 Irrational exuberance by Robert Shiller

Arguing early on that markets are driven by psychological and social factors rather than fundamental values. Especially in later editions that consider housing market bubbles.

Influential books #65 Constructions of neoliberal reason by Jamie Peck

Compelling historical critique of the neoliberal project of free(er) markets that has dominated contemporary thinking and practice.

Influential books #49 The global city by Saskia Sassen

One of the first to crystallise thinking of city economies working as hierarchies in a global system