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 in big cities increase by 18%
RECOVERY: A realtor said the figures suggest that the central bank’s selective credit controls have had limited impact on transactions and more might be required
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Housing transactions in January and last month gained 18 percent from a year earlier in the six special municipalities as real demand continued to support the property market, despite unfavorable policy proposals, real-estate brokers said on Tuesday.
Property transactions in the first two months of the year totaled 39,581 units, an 18 percent increase from 33,540 in the same period last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic weakened house hunting.
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