China's property regulation measures have been "carried out well" by local authorities and speculative housing demand has been curbed.
Chinese investors are showing an increasing interest to acquire holiday houses in Cyprus, Cypriot Commerce and Tourism Minister said.
The Nanjing government has joined various other local governments that are fine-tuning their strict property policies as they collect less and less revenue from land transfers.
Twenty-five major Chinese cities saw a rebound in the price of new real estate projects in June, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Defying government ambitions to bring home prices down, China's gradually warming housing market once again put potential homebuyers in a panic.
Henan's attempt to urge banks to offer steep mortgage discounts is a sign that local governments are looking for ways to rekindle the property market.
Central China's Henan province has adjusted its certification method for first-time homebuyers to boost genuine demand.
The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show that residential house prices declined at a significantly slower rate in May, triggering concerns over a short-term rebound in prices.
A sales report for May published by China's largest real estate website has sounded a optimistic note on the country's housing market.
An integrated approach to housing, planning and lands would send a clear message that the next government takes housing as its top priority.
Housing prices in 2012 are expected to drop slightly, said a real estate blue paper released by a government think tank on Thursday.
For each single Shanghai householder whoa has an apartment already registered under the owner's name, they are unable to purchase another property.
The policy to encourage and reward individuals who purchase refined decoration houses will not be revoked, Sun Wei told Xinhua News Agency on May 9.
Housing prices fell in more than 60 percent of China's major cities in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Wednesday.
Survey statistics show that only 14.1 percent of Chinese residents are planning to buy a house in the upcoming quarter, a record low since 1999, China News Service reported on Monday.
Major Chinese banks have started to tune down mortgage rates for first houses from the benchmark lending rate after a year of hovering above it, China Business Network reported Tuesday.
Property prices and development will be one of the core issues during the sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.
Home prices in China fell for a sixth month in February.
China will strictly supervise the construction of affordable housing projects to ensure quality, a government official said Tuesday.
The tightened residential property purchasing policy in China has had a negative effect on home products companies.