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Housing transactions edge downward this month
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Housing transactions this month saw a modest decline from last month due to unfavorable government policies and the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, the nation’s major property brokers said yesterday.
Evertrust Rehouse Co (永慶房屋) said that housing deals this month remained high, although weakening 4 percent from last month, affected by fewer working days and a second wave of credit controls.
“Interest in house hunting picked up in April on the expectation that sellers would become more flexible about pricing if they seek to exit the market before the government introduces core tightening measures,” Evertrust spokesman Jay Hsieh (謝志傑) said.
Housing transactions rise in four municipalities
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Housing transactions last month climbed in four of the nation’s special municipalities Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Taoyuan rising by 8 to 19 percent from their levels at the same time last year, underpinned by real demand, real-estate brokerages said yesterday.
Taipei and New Taipei City had not released their data for the period.
Housing deals in Taoyuan rose 8.9 percent year-on-year to 4,005 units, while there was a 10.5 percent increase to 4,226 units in Taichung, local government data showed.
People ride a scooter past real-estate advertisements in Taoyuan on Friday last week. Housing transactions last month climbed in four of the nation’s special municipalities Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Taoyuan rising by 8 to 19 percent from their levels at the same time last year, real-estate brokerages said yesterday.
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