China LESS REPORTED (2): 2nd Hand Private Residential Sector

Stephen Chung

Managing Director

Zeppelin Real Estate Analysis Limited

March 2007

(Based on Data from Soufun - China Real Estate Index System CREIS)

While there are sufficient market publications on the higher end China residential rental market sector, there are few if any reports on the a) the ordinary residential rental sector, b) 2^nd hand private residential sector, and c) the residential villa sector. Thus we have decided to offer some basic data and indexes on these sectors, and in this article, we shall deal with the latter (b) sector which in a way may supplement the overall private residential market situation. As a general observation, a more complete picture of any private residential real estate market should contain both 1^st hand (from developers to individual buyers) and 2^nd hand (individual buyers to individual buyers) submarket sectors. 

2^nd hand private residential properties herein refer only to ordinary private residential properties and do not include the estate lots or villas. The indexes are compiled from tens of thousands of published web property listings from real estate brokerages.   

Only the 4 major markets of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are dealt with. Here are the basic index charts:

Source: Soufun

Source: Soufun

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