SKYROCKETING PRICES:From 1995 to last year, Taipei real estate soared 196.5%, while prices in New Taipei City rose 145.3% and those in Taoyuan 80.3%

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 14, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Housing prices in Taipei soared by almost 200 percent in the past 20 years, showing the fastest growth among the six special municipalities in Taiwan, according to a research report released by Sinyi Realty Inc (信義房屋).

From 1995 to last year, home prices in Taipei rose 196.5 percent from NT$229,000 (US$7,387) per ping (3.3m2) to NT$679,000 per ping on average, Sinyi Realty said.     [FULL  STORY]