Another source of house price indices is eHomeday, Shanghai's largest property market web site, which has time-series for Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Yangzhou and Suzhou (but the site is ...
The Beijing News interviewed a man, Mr Li, who said that within two months of renting an apartment in Beijing, he experienced pain in the eyes and throat and his girlfriend developed a skin allergy.
When 27-year-old Li Lin invited his parents to Beijing to visit the model apartment he had just bought, the family was surprised and very happy at how wildly its value had changed in a short time.
On a cold winter's evening recently, Beijing resident Xiaoyue and his wife ... They wanted Xiaoyue and his wife out of their apartment immediately, because they hadn't paid their rent for months.
Transactions for new homes were down 0.2 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively, with agents saying older apartments in Beijing and Shanghai typically sell faster because they are in better areas.