China News Service, July 27. According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network" report, in recent years, the epidemic situation and real estate speculation policies have interfered with the housing market. In the first half of this year, two situations occurred in the Taichung City real estate market, with a total price of 40 million yuan (NTD, The same below) is a watershed, the high-priced market increased by 69% year-on-year, nearly 70%; the first-time home-purchase market saw a 18% decrease in volume, and the performance of pre-sale houses was the first to bear the brunt.
According to statistics from the website of the Taiwanese internal affairs department, the transaction hotspots in Taichung City where the total price of residential building products exceeds 40 million yuan are Xitun, Nantun, West, Beitun, and North Districts. In the first half of this year, a total of 269 transactions exceeded 40 million yuan, an increase of 69% compared with the same period last year.
Compared with the transaction volume of the first purchase and first exchange market with a total price of less than 40 million yuan in the same five administrative regions, there were 5,537 transactions in the first half of this year, a decrease of 18% compared with the same period last year, and a decrease of 43% compared with the first half of the year.
Chen Bingchen, director of the real estate intelligence office of Taiwan's "Global Residence", analyzed that in the second half of 2021, due to the slowdown of the epidemic, the abundance of hot money and deferred promotions will stimulate the housing market to rise sharply. The panic pressure of housing market regulation has contributed to the transaction volume.
The high-priced residential market with a total price of more than 40 million yuan is less affected by short-term speculative variables, and the volume shrinkage is small. Compared with the severe epidemic period in the first half of last year, there was an increase of 69%. Among them, the largest transaction volume was in the western region. In the seventh phase of existing houses in Tun District, a total of 89 properties were sold in the first half of the year, 13 more than the pre-sale transactions in Xitun District.
Chen Xuanguang, a consultant for the "Qunyi Housing" project, a real estate developer, pointed out that since June this year, the number of inquiries has dropped by nearly 18%, including income-oriented property buyers who are also taking a wait-and-see attitude.
However, there are still many high-asset groups who believe that long-term real estate holdings can resist inflation and come to inquire. The effective visitor rate is more accurate, mainly focusing on rare luxury properties such as south-facing, large building distance, and strict property management.
Followed by 57 pre-sale transactions in Beitun District, and the third in terms of transaction volume with a total price of more than 40 million was the pre-sale transactions in the Western District, with a total of 12 transactions.
There are also 11 existing houses in Nantun District that exceed 40 million yuan.
Jiang Longming, deputy manager of the Taiwan CITIC Housing Marketing Planning Department, said that the real estate speculation policy bears the brunt of the impact on first-time buyers and home-exchange products. Among them, the pre-sale house transaction in the first half of this year was cut by 54% compared with the first half of the year, which is the area with the most obvious decrease. block, which reflects the policy effect of prohibiting contract-exchange transfers for pre-sale houses.
In the second half of this year, there are also factors of interest rate hikes and the possibility of a fifth wave of housing market control measures, mainly aimed at the tightening of mortgage credit.