On January 30, Suzhou completely canceled the purchase restrictions.
The six districts of the main city of Suzhou and Kunshan, Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Taicang and other cities have simultaneously relaxed the purchase restriction policy, and outsiders can now buy houses directly without any social security and individual income tax certificates, and there are no restrictions on the size of the unit and the number of units purchased.
Suzhou, for the purchase restriction policy to draw a terminator.
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Once, a large number of spillover demand and investors from Shanghai, like lifting a sedan chair, made Suzhou's housing prices in the entire Yangtze River Delta region, but with the introduction of a series of regulatory policies, the "high heat" of Suzhou's property market has gradually cooled down, and the volume and price have fallen.
According to CRIC data, the ** area of commercial housing in Suzhou urban area in 2023 is 51280,000 square meters, an increase of 1 year-on-year4%。In the case of a slight year-on-year increase, the decline in the transaction area is not small - the transaction area is about 56890,000 square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 203%。
Although in March and April and September and October last year, due to the strong stimulus of the policy, the Suzhou property market had a brief recovery, but on the whole, in Suzhou, where the relationship between supply and demand is unbalanced, the downward trend of the property market last year is very obvious.
Therefore, Suzhou's bailout is an inevitable measure.
Previously, in Suzhou City, Kunshan and Taicang areas, outsiders could only buy one house, and there were social security restrictions for two consecutive years.
But in the past two years, Suzhou has actually been gradually loosening the purchase restrictions.
In addition to reducing the scope of purchase restrictions to the core six districts, Suzhou has also shortened the social security period for non-residents to buy houses to six months. In September last year, Suzhou stipulated that only a maximum of three sets of properties below 120 square meters could be bought, but the policy of unlimited purchase of commercial houses above 120 square meters began to be implemented.
In December last year, Suzhou also released restrictions on the price reduction of new house sales, and the relevant personnel faced the reporter's confirmation, generously said that the real estate sales themselves belong to the commodity, if the developer is not allowed to reduce the price, it may lead to the rupture of the company's capital chain, and the risk of the project being unfinished.
Now, Suzhou has taken one step and canceled the purchase restriction policy.
In addition, Suzhou is also constantly rolling other cities in other aspects.
In order to become one of the megacities, Suzhou has included Suzhou Park in the statistical scope of the main urban area, reaching the target of 5 million permanent residents in the urban area, and has been successfully promoted.
The reason why Suzhou spares no effort is because after the promotion, it means that the infrastructure level such as transportation, education, and medical care, and the configuration specifications will also be upgraded, which will increase the weight for participating in the resource competition in the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country.
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On January 13, following Lingang and Jinshan, Qingpu and Fengxian relaxed purchase restrictions, and the scope of Shanghai's relaxation of purchase restrictions is expanding.
On January 27, Guangzhou lifted the purchase restriction on units above 120 square meters.
Today, in addition to the full relaxation of purchase restrictions in Suzhou, Shanghai has also optimized the purchase restriction policy - non-registered residents who have paid social insurance or individual income tax in Shanghai for 5 consecutive years or more can purchase 1 house in areas outside the outer ring (except Chongming District).
As I said before, Shanghai's early property market policy was basically good for improving customers, and now it is gradually opening up to rigid demand.
Today's policies reflect this trend as well.
It can be seen that in the process of gradually relaxing purchase restrictions, Shanghai is also covering different needs at multiple levels as much as possible to meet the consumption needs of different housing gradients.
In terms of bailing out the city, to this day, it is difficult to say whether Guangzhou is following Shanghai, or is Shanghai following Guangzhou's example?
It doesn't matter who is the cause and who is the effect.
The value of the property market in first-tier cities, especially in the core area, is a place that many wealthy people in the country dream of and want to pave the way to live with money. Today's Guangzhou has opened its arms to them.
The battle between second- and third-tier cities is even more intense.
Previously, many cities, including Zhengzhou, Lanzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shenyang, Jiaxing, Dalian, Nanjing, Jinan, Qingdao, Fuzhou, etc., have completely canceled the purchase restriction policy.
This is equivalent to the fact that these cities not only pump water directly within the province, resulting in a more obvious economic gap within the province, but also have a stronger siphoning effect on the surrounding cities.
What's more, such as Zhengzhou, even the household registration has been liberalized.
The market situation has been well understood, whether it is a first-tier city or a strong second-tier city, the cancellation of purchase restrictions has been the general trend.
Huanhuan still remembers that in order to save the city, the guise played by various cities was to grab talents, and the competition was in full swing, but its real purpose was to cover up.
Until now, cities have ripped off any fig leaf and are naked competing for purchasing power.
For example, Guangzhou has relaxed purchase restrictions, and now the most panicked cities around Guangzhou must be the most panicked.
Shanghai optimized the purchase restriction after Suzhou, and it is not without this consideration.
On January 26, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development stated at the deployment meeting of the urban real estate financing coordination mechanism that "the autonomy of urban real estate regulation and control is fully given, and cities can adjust real estate policies according to local conditions".
Once the sword of Shang Fang is in hand, the enthusiasm of various cities has been fully mobilized, and there is no doubt about the withdrawal of purchase restrictions.
For home buyers, there are so many options to choose from.