Preferential tax policies to boost home sales
China DailyPreferential taxation policies unveiled by Shanghai and Beijing are expected to further enable the recovery of local real estate markets by lowering purchase costs and boosting market confidence, industry analysts said on Tuesday. The new policies will reduce personal income taxes and deed taxes in home transactions, which can make trading costs more reasonable and help in stabilizing market expectations," Liu said. "Since last year, a number of measures have been introduced by the departments of land, finance and taxation, and these supportive measures are believed to effectively activate market demand, improve market confidence, optimize supply and demand, and help Shanghai's property market become stable and healthy," Yan said. As of Sunday, about 15,000 units of pre-owned flats changed hands in the secondary market, and preliminary deals signed online during weekends exceeded 1,000 per day in the past three weeks," said Zhang.