Chinese property market slows down
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, housing prices dropped down on January 2017 in 15 cities, including Shanghai (-0.1%) and Shenzhen (-0.5%), after their local municipalities adopted measures in October to check real estate prices, says News.com.au.
Nevertheless, in some metropolitan areas prices are at the same level, for example, in Beijing; in Guangzhou prices for new buildings in January 2017 increased by 0.5%. The annual rise in prices for new buildings was 24.7% in January 2017 in Beijing, 24% in Guangzhou, 23.8% in Shanghai and 18.2% in Shenzhen.
Experts point out that China's real estate market is not homogeneous. In the largest cities of the country There is a strong demand for housing in big Chinese cities and on the contrary oversupply in small towns.