Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chinese real estate prices continue rise

BEIJING--Property price indexes in China's 70 major cities grew 0.3 percent in December over the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. It was the fourth straight month of month-on-month increases.

The government's attempts to hold down property prices by increasing interest rates and limiting purchases of second homes do not seem to be working.

Year on year, property prices in December increased 6.4 percent. While year-on-year increases have tapered slightly since last spring's peak, two notable exceptions were seen in Hainan province. In Haikou, property prices rose 35.5 percent year on year, while in Sanya, they increased 43.3 percent.

According to a survey by the People's Bank of China covering the October-December quarter, 75.5 percent of depositors said the price of residential property was "too expensive to accept." It was the highest figure in the quarterly survey in two years.

Local governments, however, tend to be averse to falling property prices, mainly because they rely on the margin revenue from sales of land they bought at a bargain from farmers. The wealthy also expect property prices to rise.

Although the autonomous municipality of Chongqing decided to start taxing real estate, such as high-end residential properties, many cities, including Beijing, are likely to defer such a decision.

The government plans to supply 10 million homes for low income households this year.

要約                                                            中国の70の主要都市が物価指数が0.3%前の月を上回った。金利を上昇させ、第二の家の購入を制限することにより物価価格を抑えようとしている政府の試みはあまり効果的には見えない。12月不動産価格は6.4%上昇した。政府は今年収入が低い家庭に1000万世帯供給する予定だ。

単語                                                            government   政府                                                 decision   決心                                                    supply   供給する                                                  income   収入                                                    survey   調査                                                    household   家庭

感想                                                            中国は貧富の差をもっと少なくすべきだと思った。   

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