{"id":62846,"date":"2017-08-05T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T01:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-says-renting-is-as-good-as-owning-a-home-but-how-many-will-buy-that-argument\/"},"modified":"2017-08-05T08:19:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T01:19:43","slug":"china-says-renting-is-as-good-as-owning-a-home-but-how-many-will-buy-that-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-says-renting-is-as-good-as-owning-a-home-but-how-many-will-buy-that-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"China says renting is as good as owning a home, but how many will buy that argument?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFor city dwellers about to make the biggest purchase in their lives, the Chinese government has good news: renting is as good as owning.<br \/>\nAnxious to cool an overheating home market during a year when the ruling Communist Party selects its next lineup of leaders, the authorities introduced a pilot programme in 12 major cities, where tenants of rental properties will enjoy the same access to public services as property owners.<br \/>\nMost importantly, they qualify to enrol their children in their&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/2105478\/china-says-renting-good-owning-home-how-many-will-buy\" target=\"_blank\">China says renting is as good as owning a home, but how many will buy that argument?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; For city dwellers about to make the biggest purchase in their lives, the Chinese government&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-glE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114119,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/heres-where-owning-a-home-is-cheaper-than-renting-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":62846,"position":0},"title":"Here&#039;s where owning a home is cheaper than renting one","date":"February 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Fierce competition for a shrinking supply of lower-end homes is driving prices higher. 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