{"id":119849,"date":"2011-03-30T18:24:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T01:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=119849"},"modified":"2011-12-08T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T17:48:30","slug":"beijing-aims-to-stabilize-new-home-prices-joining-other-cities-in-curbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/03\/beijing-aims-to-stabilize-new-home-prices-joining-other-cities-in-curbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Aims to Stabilize New Home Prices, Joining Other Cities in Curbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exorbitant housing prices have long been both a social and political problem in China. The central government has placed regulating the housing market as a top priority. Beijing, following the lead of other Chinese cities, is using introducing new measures to stabilize housing prices.<\/strong> <\/a>From Bloomberg News:<\/p>\n

Beijing said it will stabilize new home prices this year and aims for a drop from 2010, the local government announced on its website late yesterday. Shanghai said on March 28 it will limit gains in new home prices to no more than the pace of economic growth and average income expansion.<\/p>\n

About 40 Chinese cities said they will cap new home prices below annual economic and disposable per-capita income growth after local governments were ordered to submit home price control targets by the end of March. The Chinese government is intensifying efforts to keep housing affordable after prices gained for 19 consecutive months to December and climbed in all but 68 cities the government monitors in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe capital city of Beijing\u2019s property curbs always are the most severe among peers,\u201d said Jeffrey Gao, a Shanghai- based property analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. \u201cBut even that target was almost like nothing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since last year, the <\/strong>Chinese central government has announced policy changes to curb housing speculation<\/a><\/strong>. From Global Property Guide:<\/p>\n

Measures approved in January 2011 to cool China\u2019s housing market:<\/p>\n