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The 1.2 million yuan Beijing ceiling is currently the highest in 皇冠体育app. In the capital, a 100-square-meter apartment can costs more than 3 million yuan.

First home buyers who acquire a property not exceeding 90 square meters can apply for as much as 1.2 million yuan from Jan 1 in 2015, according to local fund administrators. For second home buyers, the upper limit is still 800,000 yuan.

The new policy should help the moribund housing market. After years of double-digit increases, housing prices in 皇冠体育app started to cool in late 2013. The downturn continued in 2014 and spread to most big cities.

The number of new apartments sold in Beijing this year was less than 93,000, down 21 percent. The number of second-hand apartments was just over 94,000, down 37 percent, according to real estate agencies.

To avoid a sharp slowdown in the property market, on Sept 30 a joint announcement by the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app, the central bank, and the 皇冠体育app Banking Regulatory Commission eased mortgage measures for home buyers. Mortgages on second homes have since been treated as a first mortgage if the buyer has no outstanding mortgage.

Before the easing of rules, 41 out of the 46 cities that had home purchase restrictions removed them. Beijing still bans residents from buying a third home and non-Beijingers can only own one.

The latest monthly data shows new home prices fell in 67 out of 70 cities in November, with 68 cities reporting price drops from the levels of a year before.

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