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China economic and real estate stimulus measures

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2026-09-29 13:33 UTC → 2026-09-30 06:09 UTC · added removed

China initially maintained its benchmark lending rates through September, with the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) at 3.0% and the five-year plus LPR at 3.5%. This period of stability followed varied real estate trends, including slight price increases in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, alongside a decrease in Beijing. By late September, the government shifted toward active stimulus measures. Starting A new mortgage interest subsidy program, jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the People’s Bank of China, and the National Financial Regulatory Administration, is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2026, for an initial duration of one year. To qualify, residents must use new commercial individual housing loans to purchase their first home. Eligible properties must have a fiscal interest subsidy policy will assist first-time homebuyers purchasing homes under construction area of no more than 120 square meters with prices below and a total price not exceeding 1.5 million yuan, offering yuan. Eligible borrowers can receive an annual interest subsidy of 1% for 1 percentage point on loan principals up to 1 million yuan for a maximum of five years. years, which is expected to reduce total interest costs for qualifying households by up to 50,000 yuan. Concurrently, the People’s Bank of China reduced has implemented broader monetary stimulus. This includes reducing the one-year Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) rate by 0.25 percentage points points, from 1.75% to 1.5%, and expanding its scope to include water, power, and computing networks. The central bank has also increased re-lending quotas quotas, raising the quota for technological innovation and technical transformation by 200 billion yuan to a total of 1.4 trillion yuan, while increasing support technological innovation, agriculture, for agriculture and small businesses. businesses by 500 billion yuan.

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