Presale housing deals down 2.8% despite stable sales
Presale projects and newly completed houses last quarter declined 2.8 percent from a year earlier to NT$273.29 billion (US$9.42 billion), despite stable sales, as the market is assimilating to unfavorable policy measures, the Chinese-language Housing Monthly (住展雜誌) said yesterday. The NT$8 billion retreat came as a surprise to explosive growth expectations previously fueled by intensive land plot sales and building permit issuances, the magazine said. The disappointing result was likely due to a shift in sentiment after the central bank last month raised interest rates by 50 basis poin...