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New policy for Chengdu real estate market! Buying a house across different districts can be recognized as the first house

2024-08-12

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Just now, in order to better meet the residents' diversified needs for improved housing, Chengdu City has optimized and adjusted the standards for recognizing the number of housing units in personal housing loans, which will be officially implemented on August 13, 2024.

 

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What changes occur after optimization and adjustment?

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Compared with the previous adjustment, there are four major changes:


1. From “city-wide inspection” to “only inspecting districts (cities) and counties where new houses are purchased”.


According to the previous policy, for resident families with an outstanding loan, the second home loan policy will be implemented when they purchase a home in the main urban area of ​​Chengdu.There will no longer be city-wide house inspections. As long as there is no housing in the district (city) or county where the house is purchased, the first home loan policy will be implemented.


Example: Ms. Wang and her family have purchased a house in Jinjiang District and have not yet paid off the loan, but want to replace it with a house in Hi-Tech South District. Her subsequent purchase can be identified as her first house.


2. From “must sell” to “just need to list”.


In the past, if an existing house with an outstanding loan was listed and had not yet been sold or transferred, the purchase of another house would be considered a second home.As long as the property is listed after obtaining the property verification code, that house will be deducted when the number of houses is checked.


For example: Mr. Li's family has a total of 1 house.If he puts the house on the market, he can apply the first home loan policy for any new home purchase;Mr. Zeng's family currently owns two houses, and the loans for both have not been paid off. After he lists these two houses at one time, they can also be recognized as the first house.


3. From “no loan” to “financial institutions determine on their own”.

Since the beginning of this year, cities including Nanjing and Suzhou have successively relaxed third home loan policies.After today's adjustment, those who own two or more houses in Chengdu and have paid off their loans can still apply for loans for the third house. The specific down payment, interest rate and other implementation standards will be decided by the financial institutions themselves.

4. After exiting the rental-guaranteed housing database, the restriction will be changed from “cannot be listed for trading for 5 years” to “restrictions lifted”.

In 2022, Chengdu issued a policy that after the owner's house is included in the affordable rental housing stock, he or she can apply to obtain the qualification to purchase an additional house in the restricted purchase area where the rental house is located. According to the latest policy,Owners of properties previously included in the affordable rental housing stock can voluntarily apply to withdraw from the housing stock database and lift the time limit on listing and trading, as long as they have not rented out their properties or the lease contract has been terminated.
 

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After the second-hand housing transaction hit a 15-month high,

Will further activate replacement improvements

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How to understand the adjustments and optimizations made by Chengdu to the first home recognition system?


Industry insiders said that after the high-level meeting on April 30 this year proposed "coordinated research on policy measures to digest existing real estate and optimize incremental housing",Supporting measures to "stabilize the market" began to be accelerated.


Among them, on May 17, the regulatory authorities launched a number of measures to adjust loan interest rates and down payment ratios. After the adjustment, the down payment ratio for the first home was lowered to no less than 15%, and the down payment ratio for the second home was no less than 25%.


"In fact, banks have gradually begun to implement the policy of 'recognizing housing but not loans'. When a resident family (including the borrower's spouse and minor children) applies for a loan to purchase commercial housing, if the family members do not own a complete house in the local area, regardless of whether they have used the loan to purchase a house, banking financial institutions will implement the housing credit policy according to the first house." The person said.The implementation of today's policies will allow the housing and construction departments and banks to completely connect the chain of "recognizing housing but not loans" to better meet the demand for improved housing.


Take Chengdu as an example. According to public data, the transaction volume of second-hand houses in Chengdu reached 21,240 units in July. While breaking the 20,000 mark, it set a new record in transaction volume in nearly 15 months and is far ahead nationwide.


A closer look at second-hand housing transactions shows that the average area of ​​second-hand housing transactions in Chengdu in July was about 95.87 square meters, and units with a construction area of ​​about 60 to 90 square meters accounted for about 43%.

Chengdu second-hand housing transaction data in July (Photo courtesy of Home Buying)


therefore,In the industry’s view, the optimization of the first home recognition standards will further stimulate the “old for new” strategy, and replacement and improvement will enter a window period.An insider also revealed that "With the recent announcements from Shenzhen and Shanghai, the housing 'old for new' policy has been expanded to more first-tier cities and key second-tier cities. Once Chengdu follows suit and multiple measures are implemented together, the transaction volume in the new and second-hand housing markets is expected to increase further, effectively stabilizing market expectations."