Beijing to offer 70,000 'self-living houses'  

北京“自住商品房”售价将低三成

北京市住建委昨日发布，今年北京将推出2万套自住型商品房，明年计划推出5万套左右，相关政策将于近日发布。此类住房价格比周边商品住房低30%左右，面向全市符合限购条件的家庭；购买此类住房后五年内不得上市，五年后上市收益的30%上交财政。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- In the next two years, Beijing plans to supply 70,000 houses which will be sold for 30 percent lower than market price, the city's Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said on Tuesday.

The houses, termed 'self-living commodity houses,' cannot be transferred for five years, and 30 percent of the transaction revenues after that period will be handed to the city government.

The commission said most of the houses will be less than 90 square meters.

All eligible buyers for property in Beijing can apply for the new houses, including immigrants without Beijing "hukou," or household registration certificates, according to the commission.

A lottery system will be introduced to determine the ultimate buyers, it said, adding that indemnificatory housing applicants and Beijingers who have no property will have priority.

Altogether 20,000 houses will be finished by this year's end, and another 50,000 next year.