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HowReal IsChina’sRealEstateBubbleAnd What Should Be Done about It
ThinkU.S.housingpriceshavegoneberserk?
TrythoseinShanghai andBeijing,wherethecostofhomeshas beenrisinganestimated 25% annually inrecentyears。
That’stwicethejumpinthemediansalepriceof existingU。
S.homesoverthe pastyear, andasignthat China’srealestatemarketisinthemidstofwhatsomeobserversviewasapotentiallyexplosivebubble.
Thebubbleisrootedin suchfactors asChina'sstrongeconomic growthsince1990andinvestorbetsthatChina’scurrency,theyuan,willberevaluedupwardinthenearfuture.Butsuch speculationishelpingpushthe priceofhomes beyondthereachofmiddle classcitizensinkeyChinesecities andraisingtheprospectofasudden market collapse thatcouldthreatenthecountry'sshakybanking sectorandwipeout thelife savingsofmanyfamilies。
Someseethe increasinginvolvementof U。
S。
investorsinChina —-includingthe recentmove by BankofAmerica tobuya9% stakeinChinaConstructionBank—-asahopefuldevelopment whenitcomes tocalming thecountry’sreal estatescene。
And giventheprospectof socialunrest stemmingfromeithercontinuedpricehikes ora too—fastpricedecline,theChinesegovernmenthastaken actiontocool downthemarket.
ButBeijing’s effortssofar maynot be enoughtoreinin therisingrealestate prices, saysWhartonmarketingprofessorJohnZhang.Hewarnsthatthegovernmentmust becareful inwhatevermovesitmakesnext。
“Managingthe processofburstingthebubble isreallysomethingdelicate,”hesays.
ﻫ InconsistentData
China’s realestate marketis relativelynew。
Afteryears ofpropertybeingunder thestrict controlofthecommunistgovernment,Chinaphasedoutfree government—providedhousesintheearly1990s。
Butevennow,thereisalegacyofthecommunistsystem。
Thestate technicallyownsthe country’sland:
Individualsessentiallybuyrightsto buildontopofthelandorown structures alreadythere.
Aswithothermeasuresof theChineseeconomy,it’shardtogeta precise gaugeon howhousingpriceshavebeenchanginginthecountry.Last year,thecountry’saveragehousingpriceroseby14.4%,accordingto astoryinJunebyofficialChinesenews agencyXinhuaciting thecountry'sNationalBureauof Statistics. ThestoryalsosaidthatBeijing'shousing pricelevelhadbeendropping。
Butanofficialwith the statisticsbureauacknowledgedinthestorythatthenumbers“do not fullyrepresentthe generalrealestatesituation”and thatsomegovernmentfigures are inconsistent。
Giventhelackof soliddata,it maybe prematuretodefineChina's housing marketasabubble,notesWhartonreal estateprofessorGraceWong。
Wong,whohaswritten about arapidrun—upinHong Kong housingpricesinthelate1990s,saysabubble istypically defined aspricesatlevelshigherthanwhateconomicbasicsjustify.Speculation--whenbuyersarepurchasinghomesprimarilybecausetheyexpectthepricewillincrease-—cancauseabubble,butpricehikesalso canarisebecauseoffactorssuchasconstruction costincreasesoranundersupplyofhomes。
“Youwouldn’tbeso worried ifthehousing pricesaremoving upbecauseoffundamentalslikethat,”shenotes.
UshaHaley,professorofinternational business attheUniversity ofNew Haven’sSchoolofBusiness, alsosuggests that talkaboutanationwidebubble canoverstatethecase。
Sheestimatesthathousing prices forChinaoverallhavebeenrising 10%annuallyinrecentyears.Thatlevelmakesthecountry’srealestate pricegrowthslower thaninmanyother countriesaroundtheworld,including the United States。
ButHaley, whorecentlywroteabookaboutbusinessinChinatitled, TheChineseTao ofBusiness,saysthemajorcities ofShanghaiand Beijingarespecialcases,withannualrealestateappreciationrates closerto25-26%in thepastfewyears,orroughly$784persquaremeter inShanghai.ThepricesinBeijingarelower,butnot by much。
Eventhesepricesdon’ttellthewholestory。
Onesourcefamiliarwith theShanghaihousing marketsaysunfinished condominium “shells”in newShanghaihigh—rise buildings arebeingmarketed atapriceofabout$2,000 persquaremeter.ﻫ Amongthe causesof the run-upinChinesehome prices, Haleynotes, isgovernment corruption.Localofficialscan engage inprice gouging toenrich themselvesindividually orconspireto driveupprices onproperty sales thatpadgovernment coffers。
AnotherfactorisChina’s overalleconomicexpansion.China's economygrew atanaveragerateof10%peryear duringtheperiodbetween1990and2004,thehighestgrowthrateinthe world,accordingtotheU。
S。
statedepartment。
China’stotaltradein 2004surpassed$1。
1trillion, makingitthe world’sthird—largesttradingnationaftertheU.S。
andGermany.
WithChinabecoming moreofahubintheglobal economy,it standstoreasontherewouldbe greater demandforhousingdesignedforforeigncorporateexecutives andotherex—patriots。
Thisincrease indemand hasledtohigherhousingprices,asnoted byKennethAboussie, whotraveled toChina in2003 tostudy therealestate marketwhile astudentat theMcCombsSchoolofBusinessat theUniversityofTexas atAustin。
“Therewasnoquestion therewasabubblefor thathigh-endhousing,"saysAboussie,whonowworksatAustin—based Cypress RealEstate Advisors.ﻫ StillanothercauseforChina’s realestateboomiswidespreadanticipationthatChinawillrevalue the yuansoon.China’s governmenthas been underincreasingpressurefromtheU。
S.todismantlethe yuan'scurrentpeg to thedollarandallowit toincreasein value。
CriticsargueChina’scurrency isundervaluedbyroughly 25%,makingitsexportsartificiallycheaperand importsintothe countrymoreexpensive.
Shouldtheyuanincrease in value,investmentsinChineseassetssuch as real estatecanbe expectedtoriseaswell,saysWharton’sZhang.“Part ofthespeculationcomesfromthe expectationofthe appreciationof thecurrency。
”Some ofthose realestatebetsbasedon theyuan’srevaluationareforeigninnature,Zhangsuggests,adding,however,thatChinesecitizens alsohavepouredmoneyinto realestateholdings,especiallyafterthedisappointingperformanceofChinesestocksafewyears ago.
ﻫ TheDangersofPanickedSelling
As withother economicbubblesthroughouthistory-— such as Holland’stulipcrazein the1600sandtheInternet stockfrenzyearlier thisdecade-- there’sadangerthatChina’s realestate priceswill collapsequickly。
That’s the flipsideoftheinflatedpricesassociated with abubble,Zhangexplains.Amidpanicked selling, buyers may sit on thesidelines untilpricescratertounreasonablylowvalues.“Whenthepriceis on theway down,”problemscanarise that“coulddestroythewholerealestatemarket,”Zhangsays。
AccordingtoHaley,arapid lossofrealestatevalueswould harmChina’smajorbanks。
Household loans,including homeloans,makeupjust10to15%of loansinChina, butmorethanhalfofChinese lendingiscollateralizedwithprivateproperty,she says。
ﻫ Therun—upinpropertypriceshashadpositiveeffects,pointsoutHarrisonDuan,aChinesenative whoattendedtheMcCombsschooland accompaniedAboussieonhis first-handstudy ofChina’s realestatemarket.Constructionandsteelare among theindustriesinChinathathave benefitedfromtheboom。
“Overthelast fiveyears, realestatehasbeenareallyimportantgrowthengineinChina,”he notes,addingthat thoseChinesewhoboughthomes threeor fouryearsagohavegainedagreatdealofwealth,atleastonpaper。
Butthatequity appreciationmaynot meanmuchforfamiliesthatneedtoliveintheirhomes evenas the skyrocketingpricesinplaceslike Shanghaiare verydisappointingto manycityresidents。
“TheShanghaimiddle classcannolongeraffordtobuy an apartment forthemselves in aconvenientlocation,”saysDuan,whonowworksforcomputergiantDellas aglobal commoditiesmanagerfocusedonwirelesscommunicationsproducts. DuanlivesintheAustin,Texas,area onaguest worker visa,but canimaginereturning toChina someday。
And ifhedoes, Shanghai-—notfarfromwherehegrewup-—isprobablywherehewouldgo.Andyet,according toDuan,it wouldbemuch harderforalocalmiddle—classfamilytopurchase ahome inShanghaithaninAustin.
Thoseindividual strugglescouldconceivablyturnintourbanprotests,echoing reportsofa slewofother protestsinthecountry withinthepastyear。
Atthesametime, anovernight pricecollapsecoulderase thelife savingsof manyChinese,anotherpossible sourceofunrest that“worries thegovernment,”Zhang says。
ﻫ Againstthisbackdrop, theChinesegovernmenthastried toquietthereal estate boomwithaseriesofmeasures,including higher mortgagerates andlargerdown payments,accordingto aMayarticlepublished by Xinhua。
AsofJune 1, a 5。
5%capital gainstaxwasduetotakeeffect on residentialpropertysoldwithintwo yearsofpurchase.Inaddition,Shanghaiin Mayenactedanew lawrequiringhomeownerstopayofftheirmortgagebeforeselling aproperty.Evenso,Zhangthinksmoreaction maybeneeded toguidehomepricestoasoftlanding。
“Itlookslike themeasures maynot besufficienttocoolthemarket。
” The key,hesays, is moderate stepsdesignedto work overthecourseofseveralyears。
Draconianactionaimed atsolvingtheproblemina mereyear'stimeriskstriggeringpanickedselling.Alsounwise,inZhang’sview, wouldbeahikeinoverallinterestrates,whichcould freezelendingfornewhomeconstruction butalso stiflethe country'seconomicgrowth。
Wharton’sWong warns thatanotheroft-discussedtool fordeflatingbubblescouldhave anegativeo