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Government discusses tax to reduce property hoarding (2014/04/21)

To stop speculators from hoarding property, the government is mooting a rise in taxes on homes that do not serve as the owners’ main residence. This latest proposal to make housing more affordable comes after Premier Jiang Yi-huah said his two children would be unable to independently purchase a home. 

Premier Jiang discussed the topic of high housing prices in a youth forum yesterday. Interior Minister Chen Wei-jen shared Jiang’s concerns and mentioned possible solutions.

Chen Wei-jen
Interior Minister
We can use financial and tax mechanisms to prevent housing prices from soaring again. Another method is strengthening economic growth in order to raise people’s incomes.

Last week the Ministry of the Interior announced that the home price-to-income ratio in Taipei was over 15. Premier Jiang says in order to bring the ratio closer to 10, he wants owners with multiple homes to sell. Incentive could come from raising taxes on homes that owners do not live in.

Chen Tai-yuan
Realtor
Raising the tax will only affect speculators without a lot of cash on hand. But wealthy investors in the luxury housing market and those using real estate as a mid-to-long term investment will just incorporate the cost of this tax into the housing price. For these types of investors, there will be little impact.

The premier acknowledges that it is difficult for the average person to buy a home in Taipei or New Taipei City. Those hoping to buy hope his tax proposals can make the market more affordable. 

逼民釋房

雙北買房大不易，根據內政部公佈的台北市房價所得比是15倍，連行政院長江宜樺都很有感，他說他的兩個孩子獨立成家後也買不起，江宜樺認為，合理的房價所得比應該降到10倍以下，政府除了增加只租不賣的合宜住宅，還可能透過提高非自用房屋稅，讓囤房族釋屋。

昨天的青年論壇上，討論到高房價，行政院長江宜樺說他自己的小孩也買不起，內政部長陳威仁也有同樣的擔憂。

[[內政部長 陳威仁]]
透過財稅的手段，讓房價不要再飆漲，另外一方面，可能也是要從增加我們的經濟成長，來增加大家的所得。

根據內政部上週公布台北市房價所得比是15.01倍，江宜樺強調任內要逼囤房族釋出閒置房屋，將房價所得比降到10倍以下，其中一個打囤房的措施就是調高非自用住宅稅率。

[[房仲業者 陳泰源]]
你稅率調高只是打擊到一些口袋比較淺的投機客，但是對於豪宅市場的有錢人，或者以置產角度，中長期置產角度的人，他要嘛就把這個稅的成本轉嫁到房價上面，基本上對他們來講，是沒有受太大的影響。

在房價居高不下的雙北增加合宜住宅，修法提高房屋稅逼囤房族釋屋，就看院長的感同身受，能不能讓無殼族有感。

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