Mainland property price hike ranks 2nd globally  

机构称中国内地房价年涨幅居全球第二 仅次于迪拜

《每日经济新闻》记者从国际房地产顾问服务公司莱坊获悉，其最新发布的一份报告指出：截至2013年9月，过去12个月中，迪拜、中国内地和中国香港整体住宅楼价的年增幅最大，分别上升28.5%、21.6%和16.1%。其中，内地住宅楼价年升幅居全球第二，仅次于迪拜。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Residential property prices on the Chinese mainland saw an increase of 21.6 percent in the past year through September, which is the second highest percentage rate of increase among all surveyed markets in the index, National Business Daily reported.

The newspaper cited Knight Frank Global House Price Index, saying that the key emerging markets of Dubai, Chinese mainland and Hong Kong recorded the largest annual rise in mainstream prices, increasing by 28.5 percent, 21.6 percent and 16.1 percent, respectively.

The figures were based on data from the property market in Beijing and Shanghai.

The average price of new houses on sale in the eastern Sixth Ring area surged to 25,000 yuan ($4,100) per square meter, a 66 percent increase.

Li Min, a citizen in Beijing, said the down payment of a two-room apartment in the southern Fourth Ring of Beijing has exceeded one million yuan ($160,000), from 500,000 yuan last year.

The average secondhand housing price in Beijing rose 28.14 percent year-on-year, to 30,752 yuan per square meter in November, according to data from Homelink.

The city said special government-built "self-living" houses are to be available to the public by the end of 2014 as a new measure to stabilize housing prices.

The growth rate will slow down in 2014, said a researcher at Knight Frank's office in Beijing.