City governments are misguided by restricting purchases to contain housing prices, the chief China economist at Societe Generale says.
Kicking some potential buyers out of the market in the name of cracking down on speculation would not keep a lid on housing inflation, Wei Yao, the economist, said. Instead, local governments, the de facto landlords, needed to increase the land supply so that more homes could be built to meet demand, he said.
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Source : South China Morning Post
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