End of Chinese one-child policy could cause 8% more housing demand per year
Reports suggest that China's decision to end the one-child policy may be a stimulus for the country's housing market. The country's National Health and Family Planning Commission has estimated that the new policy will see an extra 5 million and 6 million children poor each year, with the increased population meaning an increased demand for housing. This report in the South China Morning Post suggests that the impact of the changed policy will result in an increased housing demand of 8% per year.

A woman and a child holding up a miniature national flag walk along a road in Beijing as China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy last month after decades of strict, sometimes brutal enforcement left it with an ageing population and shrinking workforce. Photo: AFP