That same year, the Taichung City government published land prices for the city's fifth redevelopment zone. Prices had dropped from an average NT $ 120,000 per ping (3.3 square meters) in 1997 to NT $ 80,000. At about 900, the number of applications for new construction licenses hit an all-time low.
當年台中市剛剛推出的第五重劃區的地價，由九七年的平均每坪十二萬元下探到八萬元，申請新建案執照的數目也來到歷年最低的九百件左右。