{"id":128163,"date":"2011-12-06T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=127908"},"modified":"2011-12-06T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:51:59","slug":"chinas-thin-margin-for-error-in-property-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/12\/chinas-thin-margin-for-error-in-property-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#039;s Thin Margin for Error in Property Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid growing concerns about the economy and the collapse of the Euro, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/financialnews\/D9RE7LE80.htm\"><strong>there are added worries that China&#8217;s campaign to deflate housing prices will go too far.<\/strong><\/a> While Beijing has eased credit policies to regulate inflation, they have kept a hard line on their housing policies. Bloomberg Businessweek reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The decision has been made that there will be no more property bubble,&#8221; said Andy Xie, an independent economist based in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Measures to control the market &#8212; such as limits on home purchases and high downpayments to qualify for mortgages &#8212; are at a &#8220;critical period,&#8221; Vice Premier Li Keqiang said last month, stressing a need for more progress on controlling prices.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody is predicting a meltdown akin to those that led to the global crisis: most Chinese homeowners hold relatively modest mortgages, and demand in the long run will be sustained by demand for better, more spacious housing among increasingly affluent families.<\/p>\n<p>The easing in property market controls, when it does come, will likely be piecemeal and low-key, as is the case for most Chinese economic policy changes, says UBS economist Jonathan Anderson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid growing concerns about the economy and the collapse of the Euro, there are added worries that China&#8217;s campaign to deflate housing prices will go too far. 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