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China’s Real Estate Policy Is Facing Uncertainty
In order to avoid a hard landing of the heated housing market, the Chinese government announced a series of policies to control rapid shooting of real estate prices. However, whether or not these policies will be effective depends on some uncertain factors including heavy reliance of the local governments’ fiscal revenue on the housing market, a fixed assets investment led economic growth pattern, and close links between Chinese policy makers and some vested interest groups.
过去两年,中国的房地产市场经历了一个「V」字形的曲线。在经历了多年大幅度的房地产价格上涨之后,作为防止经济过热的总体政策的一部分,中国政府在二零零八初年相继出台了一系列控制房价的政策,尤其是控制第二套房的贷款政策。在这些政策的影响下,不少大中城市的房价和房屋成交量出现了一定幅度下滑。
时隔不久,由于担心全球金融危机的影响,中国政府调整了政策。除了实施大规模的财政刺激计划和宽松的货币及信贷政策防止经济滑坡之外,还专门出台了种类繁多的刺激房市的政策,以期通过刺激房市来刺激经济。这些政策使得中国的房地产市场尚未完成调整便再度出现泡沫。不少大中城市的房地产价格在不到一年的时间内出现了成倍的增长。