Apparently this is an effort to bail out or keep afloat the ailing Chinese property market on a national scale. Unfortunately, hot markets in the first-tiered cities are still closed to foreign buyers like Shanghai. However, it is very likely that local governments in Shanghai may loosen the regulation to have more foreign buyers.
The main benefits of the change…
This is actually a summary written to one of my clients who is selling his house in the French Concession Area in Shanghai. One of his prospective buyers raised a good question regarding the land use right after reviewing the title deed of the house. Unlike other new apartments, my client’s title deed of his house does not specify a 70 year period of land use…
You may say it is crazy to buy Chinese properties esp those first-tiered cities like Shanghai, Beijing, where the expectation of price drop just seems to take hold. Probably people should wait for some time before the market gets clear where it will be going.
Not everybody has that patience.
According to a Wall Street Journal article “China buzzards…
Though you may think otherwise of Shanghai property market, many people are starting losing confidence and thus selling their properties in China. The biggest sale is made by Asia No. 1 tycoon from Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing. He has sold several properties in Shanghai, indicating that he sensed a turning point to be coming soon.
But for individual foreign property…
The word “pre-registration” may be very confusing if not misleading for people who don’t know Chinese property law, as the word itself does not laterally match the real meaning it was meant to mean here.
The pre-registration system in Chinese property market had been in place for long before it was formally introduced and expanded in its…
[NOTE, this is an old article written by Jason Tian back in 2009 based on his experience in helping foreigners in Shanghai purchase their homes here. Unfortunately, this article has been plagiarized by some other Chinese lawyers in Shanghai.Here this article is updated pursuant to new development after 2009. Please also take note that I am not encouraging …
Jason Tian, the blogger, Senior Partner at Shanghai Landing Law Offices. You can reach him at: [email protected] or [email protected], or call him directly at+86-13816548421 (also his WhatsApp)
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