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Shanghai moves to cool red-hot property market
Buyers must put down 50-70 per cent of price of a second home to qualify for mortgage
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Mar 25, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Shanghai
MUNICIPAL authorities in Shanghai tightened mortgage downpayment requirements for second home purchases on Friday, in a move to cool an overheating property market and reduce fears of a bubble.
Senior Chinese leaders raised concerns about the country's overheated housing market during an annual parliament meeting this month, and Shanghai is the biggest city to take action in the wake of the National People's Congress, which ended a week ago.
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