First Week In The Year of the Goat-Sheep-Ram Beijing Homes Sales Up 92%

Beijing new homes sales increased 92% year-on-year versus the first week after Spring Festival in 2014, area sold was up 73%, but the average transaction price per square meter was down 22%.

iFeng: 羊年首周北京楼市迎开门红 新房成交量涨92%

The property registration system is being rolled out and as a result, a lot of existing homes are hitting the market.

With the "Provisional Regulations on real estate registration" of landing the implementation of the real estate market crashed and move. Recently, sources said, in Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan, Zhengzhou, and other cities, the housing market has been a "mysterious owner" sell second-hand housing phenomenon.

Chain of real estate data also show that since last December, the national second-hand houses listed increased significantly in some cities increased by a big margin. Chain of home real estate analyst Zhang Xu believes that this market influenced by the real estate registration, especially the second and third tier cities for real estate registration policy excessively worried, then there has been focus on selling high-end secondary listing.

iFeng: 不动产登记影响显现 部分城市更多房产入市

It is Easter season with Lent underway, so why not an article on the Resurrection of Ghost Cities? Ghost cities are said to fall into three categories. The first are simply too large, excessive building beyond market demands. The second are those with lots of outside investors buying up homes, resulting in many empty apartments. The third type are those where the city center is being shifted (such as Pudong in Shanghai). They initially start out as ghost cities, but as the population moves, they are revived. The National Business Daily is going to publish a white paper detailing how investors can find the cities that will rise from the dead.

iFeng: “鬼城论”已破产 这一类鬼城必然复活