Are House Prices Rising Too Fast in China?
December 1, 2010
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Summary
Sharp increase in house prices combined with the extraordinary Chinese lending growth during 2009 has led to concerns of an emerging real estate bubble. We find that, for China as a whole, the current levels of house prices do not seem significantly higher than would be justified by underlying fundamentals. However, there are signs of overvaluation in some cities’ mass-market and luxury segments. Unlike advanced economies before 2007-8, prices have tended to correct frequently in China.Given persistently low real interest rates, lack of alternative investment and mortgage-to-GDP trend, rapid property price growth in China has, and will continue to have,a structural driver.
Subject: Asset prices, Housing prices, Land prices, Mortgages, Real interest rates
Keywords: benchmark price, house price, price misalignment, property price, WP
Pages:
31
Volume:
2010
DOI:
Issue:
274
Series:
Working Paper No. 2010/274
Stock No:
WPIEA2010274
ISBN:
9781455210817
ISSN:
1018-5941
