House Price Drop
May 19, 2010
Earlier this month state media in China widely reported that property prices in Beijing had plummeted - almost overnight. The figures quoted in newspapers and on TV claimed the price of an average city apartment had dropped to around $230 per square foot – a fall of more than $110 per square foot or 30% - compared to a week earlier.
Now that's a huge drop any way you look at it - although it must be remembered it comes from a staggeringly high starting figure. And it still leaves the average house in the capital way above the purchasing power of most ordinary Beijing residents.
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