Housing prices to decline on resolute curbs |
2011-12-15 00:03 |
As the Chinese government signaled that it would maintain property-pricing curbs, experts have said that the housing market will go through tough times next year, predicting prices will drop around 15 to 20 percent. On Friday, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced after a meeting that The meeting came ahead of an annual economic work conference, one of the nation's most important economic events, which will set economic policy guidelines for the coming year. Given the government's resolution to bring home prices down, the property market will see an accelerating process of price and volume declines, analysts have said. "The government has set a clear tone for reining in runaway housing prices next year," Wang Yulin, vice director of the policy research center under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, told Xinhua on Tuesday. Wang said that Dampened by the government's property cubs this year, China's new home prices had begun to drop month-on-month starting from September, said Ding Zuyu, president of the China Real Estate Information Corp. "New home prices in The market commonly believes that drops in home prices in 2012 will be as high as 15 percent to 20 percent, said Zhao Xiao, professor with At present, the housing sector is experiencing a cold winter as sales fall sharply. Last week, the number of units of commercial housing sold in 27 of 35 major cities dropped substantially from the same period last year, according to a statement released Tuesday by the The statement said that 13 cities saw sales declines of more than 50 percent. In November, commercial housing sales in The total area of commercial housing sold during the period dipped 1.7 percent year-on-year, while the sector's climate index, which reflects its overall condition, fell to 99.87 points from October's 100.27 points, the NBS said. Major Chinese developers have witnessed dramatic declines in housing sales. China Vanke, the country's largest developer, saw its total area sold and sales volume plummeting 26 percent and 20 percent month-on-month, respectively. Since April 2010, To gear the property market toward healthy development, |