1. Ministry of Finance: Vigorously promote the process of new urbanization.
On February 1, Vice Minister of Finance Wang Dongwei announced at a press conference that the Ministry of Finance will focus on promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and fully support the construction of new urbanization. He stressed that policies and measures will be further improved, actively support the urbanization of the agricultural transfer population, and at the same time increase support for special types of areas, so as to provide solid fiscal and tax guarantees for the implementation of major national regional strategies.
2. Henan: Properly handle the risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions and strengthen the supervision of the real estate market.
Henan Province recently issued a notice to classify and orderly dispose of the risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions, and actively and steadily resolve the risks of the real estate market. The circular requires financial institutions and real estate enterprises to pay close attention to market dynamics, effectively prevent financial risks, and ensure the steady and healthy development of the real estate market.
3. Xiamen: Housing provident fund loan policy adjustment.
On February 1, the Xiamen Housing Provident Fund Center announced that it would optimize the housing provident fund loan policy. The new policy adjusts the time requirement for continuous full payment of the housing provident fund before applying for a housing provident fund loan, from 12 months to 6 months. At the same time, the liquidity adjustment coefficient rises to 12, which means that the maximum loan amount of the housing provident fund will be increased from 1.2 million yuan to 1.44 million yuan.
4. 2024 Spring Festival Home Purchase Intention Survey: Confidence in the property market has increased.
According to the 2024 Spring Festival home purchase intention report released by 58 Anjuke Research Institute, nearly half of home buyers have increased confidence in the property market. According to the survey data, more than 70% of respondents plan to buy a house within two years, and more than 80% choose to see and buy a house during the Spring Festival. Under the influence of favorable policies, home buyers' confidence in the property market has gradually recovered, and the convenient transportation and relatively low housing prices in the working cities have also attracted some people to buy houses around the working cities.
5. Maitian Real Estate: Beijing's second-hand housing market is stable.
According to the data of Beijing's second-hand housing market in January 2024 released by Maitian Real Estate, the number of second-hand housing in Beijing was 12,444 in that month, down 4% from the previous month and 49 from January last year8%。Although it has decreased compared with the previous month, the number of second-hand housing online signatures in Beijing has exceeded 1 for three consecutive months20,000 sets, the market performance is stable.