Already home to China’s most stringent home purchase rules, Beijing last week announced fresh curbs on the property market in the city’s Tongzhou District, an area slated to become an important political and residential hub where a bulk the city’s government… Read More>>
Anbang’s $14B Starwood Deal Raises Questions on Provenance and More China Real Estate Headlines
$14 billion generates a lot of attention and now the world will see if Anbang Insurance can withstand the scrutiny as questions arise regarding where the mainland financial investor gets its cash and whether it will every see a return… Read More>>
Shanghai Hikes Down-Payments as First-Tier Cities Try to Calm Buying Frenzy
Shanghai authorities announced new restrictions on home purchases on Friday, including higher downpayment levels and limits on buyer eligibility, in an attempt to cool a housing market that saw prices climb 2.9 percent in February compared to the previous month.
Shanghai Chief Vows Housing Price Crackdown as Home Sales Surge
New restrictions on property development and home sales could be on the way in Shanghai as the city struggles with housing prices that rose nearly two percent last month.
Apparently fearing the beginnings of a bigger surge, such as the… Read More>>
China Think Tank Predicts Real Estate Prices to Drop 5% More in 2015
China’s best known think tank says that the country’s property market will bounce back from its current slump sometime in the second half of 2015, and in a new report the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) even suggests a few… Read More>>
Hangzhou China’s Leading Loser as Housing Prices Drop 1.1%
China’s housing prices slid for the fourth straight month in August as potential buyers continued to wait for lower prices despite removal of home purchase restrictions in many cities. According to new numbers released today by the National Bureau of… Read More>>
Capital of Qinghai Latest Chinese City to Lift Home Purchase Restrictions
The city of Xining in northwestern China became the latest Chinese metropolis to abolish home purchase restrictions this week, as the country continues to struggle with a slowdown in the real estate market.
The capital city of sparsely populated Qinghai… Read More>>
China Home Purchase Restrictions Disappear – The Complete Timeline
Three more Chinese local governments announced the abolition of all home purchase restrictions on Thursday, bringing to more than 30 the number of local governments that have done away with the measures in a bid to revive their flagging home… Read More>>
China Home Sales Jump in Cities Lifting Purchase Restrictions
The first two cities in China to repeal home purchase restrictions on a sweeping basis have seen a surge in sales according to data from E-House and local government sources.
Hohhot, which cancelled all home purchase restrictions during the last… Read More>>
Jinan Lifts Home Purchase Restrictions Amid Housing Glut
The capital of eastern China’s Shandong province will now allow potential buyers to purchase as many homes as they would like, regardless of whether or not they are residents.
The move by the city of Jinan was confirmed by officials… Read More>>