Shanghai eases residency requirements for homebuyers to spark property recovery

Shanghai has further relaxed home purchase rules just six months after the last adjustment, in its latest attempt to stem a multi-year property downturn. Non-residents who have made social security contributions or paid individual income tax for one year will be eligible to buy one home in the city, Shanghai authorities said in a joint statement. Previously, non-residents had to wait three years based on a policy announcement last August, easing a five-year mandate introduced in 2016 to cool an...

Source: scmp.com at 2/25/2026 9:47:59 AM.

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