{"id":249518,"date":"2025-12-24T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249518\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:00:14","slug":"chinese-capital-beijing-further-eases-home-buying-curbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249518\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese capital Beijing further eases home buying curbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Beijing’s municipal authorities further eased curbs on home purchases on Wednesday, lowering the threshold for home-buying qualifications, in the latest efforts to boost demand amid worsening home prices<\/a> in the Chinese capital.Non-local residents – those without a Beijing “hukou<\/a>” – can now buy homes in the capital if they have made consecutive income tax payments in the city for at least one year, down from two years previously.<\/p>\n

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Families with more than one child will also be allowed to buy an additional home in downtown Beijing, municipal housing authorities added in a statement.<\/p>\n

Second-home buyers using loans from China’s housing provident fund will now face a minimum down payment requirement of 25%, down from 30%.<\/p>\n

New home prices in Beijing have been falling month-on-month in the past quarter, heaping pressure on local authorities to do more to shore up the market.<\/p>\n

In August, Beijing scrapped home-purchase limits for qualified buyers in the city’s suburban areas, but kept the curbs in place within the Fifth Ring Road, a major expressway around the central area.<\/p>\n

Chinese officials this week pledged<\/a> to step up efforts to stabilise the property market in 2026, and implement city-specific strategies to optimise supply and reduce inventories.Concerns over the crisis-hit sector have deepened after state-backed China Vanke<\/a>(000002.SZ), opens new tab<\/a> shocked the market last month by seeking a public bond extension for its 2 billion yuan ($285.12 million) note due on December 15 by a further year.<\/p>\n

The builder is also seeking to delay repayments by a year for another onshore note due to mature on December 28.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Beijing Newsroom
\nEditing by Alexander Smith and Gareth Jones<\/p>\n

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