Original title: Hong Kong media: 74.2% of women buying houses in big cities are not subsidized by their partners
After analyzing 67724 real estate transactions on its platform in 2018, shell.com found that 47.9% of the buyers were women, compared with only about 30% in 2014.
Female buyers pay more attention to the appearance of houses such as interior decoration and landscaping than geographical location and price. Liu CE, President of the Economic Research Institute of jiazhaoye group, said, "women are always a decisive force in our industry.". Aware of the increasing role of women in home buyers, developers have put more emphasis on the appearance of sample houses, including interior decoration and other factors.
"In China, parents are willing to buy a flat for their children, both as an investment and as a gift to their children," said Guo Yi, chief analyst of Beijing real estate platform Heshuo. Many parents also believe that having a house will make their children more attractive when it comes to finding a partner, she said. According to a survey released recently, 74.2% of female respondents said they didn't receive financial assistance from their partner when buying a house, 45.2% of them received financial assistance from their parents, and 29% of them could buy a house on their own. The survey covered 964 households in 12 major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou.
Emily Wu, a 27 year old woman working in the media industry in Beijing, is a representative of such new buyers. Urged by her parents, she bought a small second-hand house in Beijing last year for 2.4 million yuan. Her parents paid 90% of the purchase price for her and she paid the rest 10%. 'after settling down in this house, I feel much more secure in this big city than before. It allows me to concentrate on my work and not worry about having to leave the city one day, "Wu said.
Wu, who is still single, says her goal is to one day live in a bigger house with her growing family. 'the advantage of owning a house is that (children) can go to schools nearby. So when I was dating, at least I could say that I solved a key problem: the education of our future children. '