Shanghai house buyers not to be spendthrifts

时间：2006-10-11 07:28:50

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Oct. 11 –During the weeklong National Day holiday, many Shanghai people went to the local housing trade fairs. From the transaction information, it can be seen now that 70% of the transactions go to houses whose selling prices are below 10,000 yuan per square meter, while those houses whose selling prices are between 5,000 and 8,000 yuan per square meter are most welcomed. In general, Shanghainese prefer to spend less than one million yuan to buy a whole apartment to live in.

 

Holiday housing trade fairs are usually considered as an accurate barometer1 of the property market. The transactions completed during the National Day holiday seemed to send a clear signal that wage earners in Shanghai like to budget their expenses according to their income and the money they usually spend on buying a house will not exceed the one-million-yuan mark.

 

Statistics show that some 120,000 local residents visited the four-day housing trade fair held during the National Day holiday. However, in the end, only 267 houses were sold, 70% of which were sold at a selling price below 10,000 yuan per square meter. At the trade fair, most people gathered in front of the exhibition booths where houses were sold less than 10,000 yuan per square meter. For those luxury houses whose prices were above 20,000 yuan per square meter, the customers visiting these booths were even fewer than the number of the salespeople2.

 

At present, the middle class group that earn an annual salary of about 100,000 yuan are increasing in Shanghai. Most of them work in public institutions or state-owned enterprises. However, many of them say they would like to keep their housing expenditure3 below one million yuan. For one thing, these people are not willing to shoulder a heavy financial burden from buying a house. For another, they would like to allocate4 some extra money for cars, travel, education, investment or leisure activities. As a result, most people in Shanghai now prefer to buy a house costing less than one million yuan.

 
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1 barometer fPLyP     
n.气压表，睛雨表，反应指标
参考例句：
  • The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
  • The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。
2 salespeople xjuz25     
n.售货员，店员；售货员( salesperson的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The shop usually employs additional salespeople for the Christmas toy trade. 这家商店通常雇一些临时售货员来做圣诞节玩具生意。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Under our new system, salespeople sit down with each of our dealers. 根据新的制度，销售人员应逐个地同承销商洽商。 来自辞典例句
3 expenditure XPbzM     
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
参考例句：
  • The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
  • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
4 allocate ILnys     
vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归
参考例句：
  • You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
  • They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

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