🏦 Financialized Housing

How the transformation of homes into investment assets and financial products has reshaped cities, priced out communities, and destabilized the meaning of shelter itself.

All That Is Solid

by Danny Dorling • 2014

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

3.55

144

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

All That Is Solid 92%

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

by Danny Dorling 2014

3.55

144 ratings

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

by Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

4.00

303

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment

Our Lives in Their Portfolios 92%

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

by Brett Christophers 2023

4.00

303 ratings

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment

Gaffs

by Rory Hearne • 2022

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

3.52

171

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

Gaffs 92%

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

by Rory Hearne 2022

3.52

171 ratings

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

Boom Bust

by Fred Harrison • 1999

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

3.95

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

Boom Bust 92%

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

by Fred Harrison 1999

3.95

38 ratings

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

by Gregg Colburn • 2022

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

4.21

1k+

� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Summary

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem 91%

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

by Gregg Colburn 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏘️ Affordable Housing

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

3.92

2k+

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement

Capital City 90%

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner

by David Bach • 2005

The biweekly mortgage trick that saves $100,000, plus the low-down-payment plan to buy now.

3.79

2k+

🏠 Homeownership 📈 Real Estate Investing 🔑 First-Time Home Buyers

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner Summary

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner 90%

The biweekly mortgage trick that saves $100,000, plus the low-down-payment plan to buy now.

by David Bach 2005

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏠 Homeownership 📈 Real Estate Investing 🔑 First-Time Home Buyers

Nowhere to Live

by James S. Burling • 2024

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

4.00

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform

Nowhere to Live 90%

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

by James S. Burling 2024

4.00

12 ratings

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform

How to Kill a City

by Peter Moskowitz • 2017

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

4.07

4k+

🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism

How to Kill a City 90%

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

by Peter Moskowitz 2017

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism

The House Hacking Strategy

by Craig Curelop • 2019

Your tenants pay the mortgage. You keep the equity. Low-down-payment loans make it possible.

4.29

680

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏘️ Rental Property 💸 Passive Income

The House Hacking Strategy 90%

Your tenants pay the mortgage. You keep the equity. Low-down-payment loans make it possible.

by Craig Curelop 2019

4.29

680 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏘️ Rental Property 💸 Passive Income

Municipal Dreams

by John Boughton • 2018

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

3.92

769

🏠 Social Housing 🏙️ Urban History 📋 Housing Policy

Municipal Dreams 90%

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

by John Boughton 2018

3.92

769 ratings

🏠 Social Housing 🏙️ Urban History 📋 Housing Policy

Pound Foolish

by Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

3.67

2k+

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help

Pound Foolish 90%

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

by Helaine Olen 2012

3.67

2k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Bailout Nation 90%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Book on Investing in Real Estate With No (and Low) Money Down

by Brandon Turner • 2014

No cash? Eight financing strategies that let someone else fund your real estate portfolio.

4.18

3k+

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💡 Creative Financing 🏘️ House Hacking

The Book on Investing in Real Estate With No (and Low) Money Down Summary

The Book on Investing in Real Estate With No (and Low) Money Down 90%

No cash? Eight financing strategies that let someone else fund your real estate portfolio.

by Brandon Turner 2014

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💡 Creative Financing 🏘️ House Hacking

The Big Short

by Michael Lewis • 2010

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

4.30

172k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street

The Big Short 90%

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

by Michael Lewis 2010

4.30

172k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

2k+

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending

Reckless Endangerment 89%

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending

The Complete Guide to Property Investment

by Rob Dix • 2016

One deposit, multiple properties: the UK guide to building wealth with leverage and renovation.

4.39

1k+

🏠 Property Investing 💰 Passive Income 📊 Portfolio Building

The Complete Guide to Property Investment Summary

The Complete Guide to Property Investment 89%

One deposit, multiple properties: the UK guide to building wealth with leverage and renovation.

by Rob Dix 2016

4.39

1k+ ratings

🏠 Property Investing 💰 Passive Income 📊 Portfolio Building

Escaping the Housing Trap

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

4.37

503

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform

Escaping the Housing Trap 89%

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024

4.37

503 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask

by Ilyce R. Glink • 2005

The hundred questions that prevent expensive mistakes, from open house to closing table.

3.86

546

🏠 Home Buying 🔑 First-Time Buyers 🏦 Mortgage Guides

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask Summary

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask 89%

The hundred questions that prevent expensive mistakes, from open house to closing table.

by Ilyce R. Glink 2005

3.86

546 ratings

🏠 Home Buying 🔑 First-Time Buyers 🏦 Mortgage Guides

Rebel Cities

by David Harvey • 2012

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

3.92

2k+

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy

Rebel Cities 89%

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

by David Harvey 2012

3.92

2k+ ratings

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy

Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson • 2013

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

4.34

387

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles

Killing the Host 89%

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

by Michael Hudson 2013

4.34

387 ratings

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles

How to Invest in Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin • 2018

Rental properties pay you four ways. Here is how to buy your first one.

4.23

2k+

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Rental Income 🔥 Financial Independence

How to Invest in Real Estate 89%

Rental properties pay you four ways. Here is how to buy your first one.

by Joshua Dorkin 2018

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Rental Income 🔥 Financial Independence

The New Urban Crisis

by Richard Florida • 2017

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

3.49

1k+

🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation

The New Urban Crisis 89%

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

by Richard Florida 2017

3.49

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation

Real Estate Investing for Dummies

by Eric Tyson • 2019

Turn 20% down into full control: the income-first guide for new real estate investors.

3.84

513

🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Properties 🛠️ Property Management

Real Estate Investing for Dummies Summary

Real Estate Investing for Dummies 89%

Turn 20% down into full control: the income-first guide for new real estate investors.

by Eric Tyson 2019

3.84

513 ratings

🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Properties 🛠️ Property Management

Broke, USA

by Gary Rivlin • 2010

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

3.71

1k+

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion

Broke, USA 89%

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

by Gary Rivlin 2010

3.71

1k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

by Steve Keen • 2017

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

4.22

281

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 89%

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

by Steve Keen 2017

4.22

281 ratings

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money

ABCs of Buying Rental Property

by Ken McElroy • 2020

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

4.27

256

🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide

ABCs of Buying Rental Property 89%

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

by Ken McElroy 2020

4.27

256 ratings

🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide

How the Other Half Banks

by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

4.09

626

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy

How the Other Half Banks 89%

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015

4.09

626 ratings

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy

Building Wealth One House At A Time

by John W. Schaub • 2004

Slow and steady wealth is paved with single-family homes bought well below market value.

4.07

1k+

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💡 Creative Financing 📈 Buy And Hold

Building Wealth One House At A Time Summary

Building Wealth One House At A Time 89%

Slow and steady wealth is paved with single-family homes bought well below market value.

by John W. Schaub 2004

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💡 Creative Financing 📈 Buy And Hold

Australian Property Finance Made Simple

by Konrad Bobilak • 2015

Banks count 80% of rental income but only 30% of wages. How that formula builds portfolios.

4.36

🏠 Property Investing 🦘 Australian Property 💰 Financial Independence

Australian Property Finance Made Simple Summary

Australian Property Finance Made Simple 89%

Banks count 80% of rental income but only 30% of wages. How that formula builds portfolios.

by Konrad Bobilak 2015

4.36

72 ratings

🏠 Property Investing 🦘 Australian Property 💰 Financial Independence

Emerging Real Estate Markets

by David Lindahl • 2007

Where jobs go, property values follow, on a delay. The system for buying into that gap.

4.06

142

🏠 Real Estate Investing 📈 Market Cycles 💰 Cash Flow Investing

Emerging Real Estate Markets 89%

Where jobs go, property values follow, on a delay. The system for buying into that gap.

by David Lindahl 2007

4.06

142 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 📈 Market Cycles 💰 Cash Flow Investing

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

4.09

2k+

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism

Plunder 89%

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

by Brendan Ballou 2023

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 89%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization

Real Estate by the Numbers

by Dave Meyer • 2022

Cap rate, IRR, cash-on-cash: the metrics that tell you whether to walk away.

4.56

177

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔍 Deal Analysis 📈 Financial Metrics

Real Estate by the Numbers 89%

Cap rate, IRR, cash-on-cash: the metrics that tell you whether to walk away.

by Dave Meyer 2022

4.56

177 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔍 Deal Analysis 📈 Financial Metrics

Other People's Money

by John Kay • 2015

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk

Other People's Money 89%

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

by John Kay 2015

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk

In This Economy?

by Kyla Scanlon • 2024

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

3.84

2k+

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics

In This Economy? 89%

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

by Kyla Scanlon 2024

3.84

2k+ ratings

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

3.90

48k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism

Boomerang 89%

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism

Retire Early on Real Estate

by Chad Carson • 2018

How to turn real estate into early retirement: start with the house you already live in.

4.22

624

🔑 Real Estate Investing 💰 Financial Independence 🔥 FIRE Movement

Retire Early on Real Estate 89%

How to turn real estate into early retirement: start with the house you already live in.

by Chad Carson 2018

4.22

624 ratings

🔑 Real Estate Investing 💰 Financial Independence 🔥 FIRE Movement

After the Music Stopped

by Alan S. Blinder • 2013

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

4.12

2k+

📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

After the Music Stopped 89%

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

by Alan S. Blinder 2013

4.12

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Wildland

by Evan Osnos • 2021

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

4.22

2k+

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Positive Cashflow 🛡️ Asset Protection

Wildland 89%

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

by Evan Osnos 2021

4.22

2k+ ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Positive Cashflow 🛡️ Asset Protection

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

4.16

451

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis 89%

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2013

4.16

451 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises

Capitalizing on Crisis

by Greta R. Krippner • 2011

Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.

4.35

181

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Financial History 📉 Financial Deregulation

Capitalizing on Crisis 89%

Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.

by Greta R. Krippner 2011

4.35

181 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Financial History 📉 Financial Deregulation

Be a Real Estate Millionaire

by Dean Graziosi • 2007

Forget saving for a down payment. The playbook for acquiring property with other people's money.

3.70

115

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Creative Financing 📊 Market Cycles

Be a Real Estate Millionaire 89%

Forget saving for a down payment. The playbook for acquiring property with other people's money.

by Dean Graziosi 2007

3.70

115 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 💰 Creative Financing 📊 Market Cycles

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

4.05

1k+

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy

The Road to Ruin 89%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy

Buy It, Rent It, Profit!

by Bryan M. Chavis • 2009

Pick the neighborhood, finance the deal, keep the tenants: a wealth playbook for any market.

3.73

448

🏘️ Rental Properties 🏗️ Real Estate Investing 🔍 Tenant Screening

Buy It, Rent It, Profit! 89%

Pick the neighborhood, finance the deal, keep the tenants: a wealth playbook for any market.

by Bryan M. Chavis 2009

3.73

448 ratings

🏘️ Rental Properties 🏗️ Real Estate Investing 🔍 Tenant Screening

The Global Minotaur

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

4.17

2k+

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises

The Global Minotaur 89%

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2011

4.17

2k+ ratings

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets

by George Soros • 2008

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

3.42

2k+

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 89%

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

by George Soros 2008

3.42

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability

Meltdown

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

4.08

2k+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking

Meltdown 89%

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking

30-Day Stay

by Zeona McIntyre • 2022

A rental niche that pays like short-term but regulates like long-term: the 30-day furnished stay.

4.35

133

🌐 Medium-Term Rentals 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔑 Rental Property

30-Day Stay 89%

A rental niche that pays like short-term but regulates like long-term: the 30-day furnished stay.

by Zeona McIntyre 2022

4.35

133 ratings

🌐 Medium-Term Rentals 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔑 Rental Property

The Breaking Point

by James Dale Davidson • 2016

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

3.57

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History ⚡ Energy Economics

The Breaking Point 89%

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

by James Dale Davidson 2016

3.57

42 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History ⚡ Energy Economics

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