Harbin Land and Property Management Authority formally announced that from 16th August 2014, neither local residents nor non-residents need to provide personal housing proof when purchasing a new property in the city, meaning there is no restriction preventing people owning a second apartment as there was previously. The announcement makes Harbin the 36th city in China to relax its restrictions.

Mongolian city Hohhot, and Jinan were the first to loosen their restriction; 34 other cities substantially loosened or even cancelled their restriction within the following month; all are tier two or three cities. ….

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