Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-02
By: Central News Agency

Taipei, the most closely watched property market in Taiwan, took the lead over the other five special municipalities in the country in terms of residential and commercial housing transactions in June, according to statistics compiled by property sales agencies.

Citing the data, Tseng Ching-der (曾敬德), a research manager with Sinyi Realty Inc. (信義房屋), said that transactions of homes, shops and offices in Taipei for June rose 10.31 percent from a month earlier to 2,023 units, the highest monthly level so far this year, compared with a 3-9.83 percent month-on-month decline recorded in the five other major cities.

The five other special municipalities are New Taipei, Taoyuan in the north, Taichung in central Taiwan, and Tainan and Kaohsiung in the south.     [FULL  STORY]