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Beijing Apartment Rentals Still Suffering From COVID-19
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CCTV Finance reported last week that rental rates across Beijing plunged by nearly 20 percent in June, with Daxing and Fengtai districts – the two epicenters of the city’s recent COVID-19 flare-up – experiencing the most precipitous drops in demand at 41.7 percent and 37.1 percent, respectively.
Moreover, between Jun 15-21, the rental market’s total volume dipped more than a third, and average rental prices saw a 15 percent reduction, according to statistics from rental company Lianjia and cited by Global Times. To put that in perspective, the average rental price for a three-bedroom apartment in Chaoyang District has fallen nearly RMB 2,000 per month, while two-bedroom units have been slashed by about RMB 1,000.advertisement
Even still, since the Spring Festival holiday – when it became increasingly clear that the coronavirus was going to disrupt every facet of life – landlords have seen an average two-month wait time between listing and leasing their properties, a significantly longer gap than this time last year.
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Images: Wong Zihoo (via Unsplash)
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