The local two sessions released signals for the property market in 2020: "stability" takes priority and efforts are made to reform the old

After an intensive round of "Two Sessions", in addition to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, 29 provincial governments in China have held local Two Sessions. The reporter combed through and found that in terms of real estate, at least three major signals were released in the government work reports of various regions.

Data map: A real estate project. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin

The word "stability" is at the forefront

As early as the end of last year, the Central Economic Work Conference set the tone for this year's property market policy and reiterated its insistence that houses are used for The positioning of "living in, not for speculation" promotes the stable and healthy development of the real estate market. The subsequent National Work Conference on Housing and Urban-Rural Development made it clear that housing should be lived in for a long time, not for speculation, and efforts should be made to stabilize land prices, house prices, and expectations. The word "stability" runs through the official tone of real estate regulation in 2020.

Under this setting, various regions have also regarded promoting the stability of the real estate market as the main starting point of property market policies.

For example: The Beijing Municipal Government Work Report proposed that in 2020, it is necessary to maintain the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, insist on housing for living and not for speculation, and further improve the long-term management and control mechanism.

Zhejiang Province proposes to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, adhere to the positioning of housing for living, not speculation, implement the main responsibilities of urban governments, strengthen real estate market regulation, develop the housing rental industry, and improve the housing security system.

Chongqing City emphasizes preventing and defusing risks in the real estate sector, implementing long-term control mechanisms to stabilize land prices, housing prices, and expectations, and gradually establishing a housing system that promotes both renting and purchasing to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market.

It is worth noting that, unlike the policies prefixed with "limit" such as "price limit" and "purchase limit" introduced in the past, the "stabilizing property market" policy in this time's local government work report is more based on Starting from people's livelihood areas such as increasing supply, promoting the renovation of old communities, and improving living conditions, the focus of real estate policies has also returned more to solving housing problems. For example: Shanghai has proposed that it will continue to improve citizens’ living conditions this year.

Strive for "old renovation"

This year, the renovation of old houses and old cities in old communities are "high-frequency words" in the work reports of local governments. Many places have specific plans for renovation projects in old communities and the number of elevators to be installed.

For example: Beijing City has proposed that this year it will vigorously promote the comprehensive improvement of old communities and achieve the start of 80 new projects. More than 400 elevators will be installed in old buildings and more than 200 will be completed.

Shanghai also proposed to complete the renovation of 550,000 square meters and 28,000 households in the central urban area of ??second-grade and below old houses, and continue to make great efforts to promote the comprehensive renovation of old housing and the repair and protection of lane houses.

Hebei Province stated that it will implement a three-year action plan for the renovation of urban villages and old communities, strengthen the construction of elevators, pipe networks, fire protection, parking lots and other supporting facilities, and renovate 192 urban villages and 1,369 old urban communities. .

Hubei Province also stated that it has completed the renovation of 47,000 shanty towns and 2,737 old communities this year.

In addition, many provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) such as Henan, Shanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Chongqing, and Anhui have also stated that the renovation of old urban communities will be one of their key tasks this year.

Constructing water and electricity lines, fiber optics and other supporting facilities for old communities, and installing elevators and other renovations where possible can greatly improve living conditions, and on the other hand, it can also help stimulate investment and consumption.

Ni Pengfei, director of the Urban and Competitiveness Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that although the growth rate of investment in shanty town renovation and new housing construction is expected to decline this year, urban renewal and old housing renovation will continue to grow, and real estate investment will also continue to grow. There is a possibility of continuation.

Relaxing restrictions on settlement

Previously, the official issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Reform of Systems and Mechanisms for the Social Mobility of Labor and Talents." It is clarified that the settlement restrictions in cities with a permanent urban population of less than 3 million will be completely cancelled, and the settlement conditions in large cities with a permanent urban population of 3 million to 5 million will be fully relaxed.

At this year’s provincial and local two sessions, the relaxation of settlement restrictions also appeared in the government work reports of many provinces.

For example: Guangdong has clearly proposed to relax the settlement restrictions in cities other than Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Xinjiang’s government work report also emphasized that the reform of the household registration system should be comprehensively promoted. In accordance with the requirements of central documents, cities with a population of less than 3 million should comprehensively cancel household registration restrictions, establish a household registration migration policy for orderly urban and rural flow, and fully implement Residence permit system.

Gansu proposed to comprehensively relax the conditions for settling in provincial capital cities and to fully relax the conditions for settling in small and medium-sized cities to achieve full coverage of the residence permit system.

Zhang Dawei, chief analyst of Centaline Real Estate, pointed out that in 2019, various places have frequently relaxed their settlement policies for talents. At present, it is not difficult to settle in most cities across the country except Beijing and Shanghai. Relaxing the settlement policy will help groups already living in the city to obtain the city's public resources. It also means that the real estate market has a stable market demand. (End)