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Taipei Times
Date: Mar 01, 2018
By: Crystal Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The nation’s major property brokers reported a significant increase in housing transactions in the first two months of this year as buying interest picked up amid continued economic improvement.

Evertrust Rehouse Co (永慶房屋), the nation’s largest broker by number of offices, saw a 23 percent rise in sales during the first two months compared with the same period last year.

A stable economy lent support to the healthy showing and price concessions on the part of sellers also helped facilitate deals, Evertrust spokesman Jay Hsieh (謝志傑) said.

It is better to examine the market by combining the number of transactions in January and February to mute any Lunar New Year holiday disruption, Hsieh said.   [FULL  STORY]