That first house might be a rental
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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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FACING ever-rising home prices in China, 18 percent of mothers would be willing to let their daughters marry men who rent their homes, according to a survey conducted by the Beijing-based 5i5j Real Estate Service.
"Our survey shows that quite a few would-be mother-in-laws in China are becoming flexible on the issue of their future son-in-laws home buying," said Qin Rui, a senior analyst with the service.
Specifically, 27 percent of mothers in Beijing would be happy if their daughters married men who rented their homes, while the rates in Tianjin and Shanghai were 15 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to the survey.
Some 76 percent of mother-in-laws in the country would like "to give a hand" when their sons-in-law buy their own homes. Some 20 percent of mothers-in-law would accept having their sons-in-law living under the same roof, the survey showed.
The survey was conducted from February 23 to March 1 this year, and the results rely on 2,000 valid and completed questionnaires from both the 5i5j's Website and its branches in eight large and medium-sized cities in China.
These cities are Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Ningbo, Suzhou and Hangzhou, said Qin.
In China, mothers have a great influence on who their daughters marry. And traditionally, mothers would prefer their daughters to marry men who could afford a house before marriage.
China's urban property prices rose the fastest in 23 months in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday on its Website.
Real estate prices in 70 major cities on the Chinese mainland jumped 10.7 percent last month, accelerating from a 9.5 percent gain in January and posting the biggest year-on-year increase since April 2008, the bureau said.
The February rise was the ninth in a row since June, when property prices in the 70 cities tracked by the government started to register growth following declines for half a year.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao last Friday reiterated the government's determination to curb the excessive growth of house prices and offer affordable housing as the annual session of China's top legislature opened.
"Our survey shows that quite a few would-be mother-in-laws in China are becoming flexible on the issue of their future son-in-laws home buying," said Qin Rui, a senior analyst with the service.
Specifically, 27 percent of mothers in Beijing would be happy if their daughters married men who rented their homes, while the rates in Tianjin and Shanghai were 15 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to the survey.
Some 76 percent of mother-in-laws in the country would like "to give a hand" when their sons-in-law buy their own homes. Some 20 percent of mothers-in-law would accept having their sons-in-law living under the same roof, the survey showed.
The survey was conducted from February 23 to March 1 this year, and the results rely on 2,000 valid and completed questionnaires from both the 5i5j's Website and its branches in eight large and medium-sized cities in China.
These cities are Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Ningbo, Suzhou and Hangzhou, said Qin.
In China, mothers have a great influence on who their daughters marry. And traditionally, mothers would prefer their daughters to marry men who could afford a house before marriage.
China's urban property prices rose the fastest in 23 months in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday on its Website.
Real estate prices in 70 major cities on the Chinese mainland jumped 10.7 percent last month, accelerating from a 9.5 percent gain in January and posting the biggest year-on-year increase since April 2008, the bureau said.
The February rise was the ninth in a row since June, when property prices in the 70 cities tracked by the government started to register growth following declines for half a year.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao last Friday reiterated the government's determination to curb the excessive growth of house prices and offer affordable housing as the annual session of China's top legislature opened.
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