- Chinese property developers broadly advanced initially before paring gains following a regulatory update on real estate credit management.
- The People's Bank of China and the National Financial Regulatory Administration jointly issued opinions on Aug 28 to reform real estate credit.
- The new policy stipulates that the maximum term for personal housing loans shall not exceed 40 years.
- Chinese regulators unveiled a broad package of measures to ease property financing to combat the housing downturn weighing on economic growth.
- The new rules allow homeowners to refinance existing mortgages, extend maximum new home mortgage terms to 40 years, and encourage commercial banks to offer property mortgages up to 15 years.
- Beijing also eased capital-market financing and extended long-term bank loans for property developers while tightening oversight on urban renewal project loans.
- Several departments in Shanghai jointly issued a notice on optimizing real estate policy measures, which will take effect on August 21.
- The policy reduces the minimum down payment for second-home commercial loans outside the outer ring road to 15%, and introduces trade-in housing loan subsidies along with cash subsidies totaling up to 80000 RMB.
- Furthermore, the city expands the scope of housing provident fund withdrawals for down payments to include newly completed commercial housing and relaxes withdrawal limits and frequencies.