The Taipei-Tamsui line of the mass transit system, scheduled to open in 1992, has caused a complete turnaround for the fishing village that Tamsui once was: Real estate has gone from NT $ 40,000 per ping in 1987 to over NT $ 170,000.
財團的介入更是大開大闔。預計八十一年通車的捷運北淡線，使得原本只是漁港的淡水鹹魚翻身，房地產由七十六年初的每坪四萬餘元漲到十七萬元以上。