2nd home buyers to spend half of salary on mortgage  

北京规定高收入者房贷月供不得低于月收入50%

今天起，北京公积金贷款和北京市商业银行将实行新的房贷政策。购房者使用公积金贷款或北京市的商业银行申请贷款二套房时，首付款比例都由原来的6成提高至7成。

(Ecns.cn)--Some buyers of a second home must spend half or more of their monthly pay on their mortgage, starting April 8, says a regulation by the Beijing Housing Fund Management Center on Sunday.

The Notice on Differentiation of Housing Fund Individual Mortgage Loan says that the mortgage payment for a second home buyer, whose wage is three times or more above the average monthly salary of all employees in the city, shall not be less than 50 percent of his/her monthly income, and meanwhile shall not be less than his/her monthly housing fund deposit.

The policy also raises the minimum down payment from 60 percent of the total price of a second home to 70 percent. Mortgage loan interest rates must not be lower than 1.1 times the base interest rates for home buyers who have already taken out mortgages.