SCIO briefing on national economic performance in H1
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NET(Japan):
Many cities have published house purchasing restrictions. Meanwhile, the growth of real estate investment slowed down in the first half of this year. What is the trend for the next half of the year? What will be its impact on the GDP?
Xing Zhihong:
Thank you for your question. Since last year, China has implemented a new round of property market regulations. There are two main tasks: one is to control property prices and to fend off risks in the first-tier and second-tier hot cities; the other one is to reduce the excess inventory of property in the third-tier and fourth-tier cities. The new round of work is different from before, owing to the new guidelines of giving guidance tailored to the local situation and implementing policies suited to the location. Under these circumstances, the growth of real estate investment slowed down, but not majorly.
The investment in houses increased by 10.2 percent from January to June; while the growth decreased by 0.2 percent in June comparing to that from January to May. All of the above was owing to the guidelines that I mentioned before. Commercial housing sales increased by 24.5 percent in non-key cities, maintaining a growth rate of 20 percent.
The growth of house sales slowed down mainly in the first-tier and second-tier cities, but the regulations are not only targeted at curbing purchases, loan and sales. For solving the contradiction between supply and demand and increasing the supply of land and residences, the range of changes in real estate investment is not as high as before. In general, the growth of real estate investment is expected to register a slower but stable performance. Thank you.
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