On the internet, the market for used houses in shenzhen rose in 2026. Data published by the shenzhen city association of real estate intermediaries show that shenzhen's second-hand house count, an indicator of market activity, has been rising for three consecutive weeks。
Prior to spring, shenzhen city usually entered a relatively “quiet period”, but the situation was markedly different in 2026. The second-hand room has seen a marked increase in both visual and commercial activity. In an intermediary shop in shenzhen fukuda district, brokers are busy receiving customers every day。
According to china, head of a housing agency in shenzhen, guangdong, the ring is 30 per cent more than last month and more than 20 per cent more. For example, every week they get up on average, about 120 bands, and last weekend, almost all of them look full。
Behind the market boom, good policy is an important driving force. On 29 december 2025, the ministry of finance and the general tax administration issued a joint bulletin on the value added tax policy for the sale of housing by individuals. Under this policy, since 1 january 2026, the shenzhen second-hand house trading tax has introduced new standards: houses are exempt from vat for two years; housing for less than two years is reduced from 5 per cent to 3 per cent。
Wong yongjie, head of a housing agency in shenzhen, stated that the policy was being released, resulting in a marked increase in the number of houses to be seen and traded. As in the previous $2 million house, if it was not sold for two years, it would cost nearly $100,000 in taxes, two points lower, equivalent to 60,000 dollars in taxes, and a greater incentive for second-hand houses。
Lower taxes and fees have directly reduced the cost of house purchases and have led to positive market entry for improved demand groups。
Hongzhong quan, a real estate broker in shenzhen, indicated that the number of customers buying and selling had recently been higher, at over 30 per cent。
According to the shell institute, from 1 january to 25 january, the number of second-hand contracts at shell shell's cooperative store increased by 26 per cent over the same period last month. In terms of the dominant regions of second-hand deals, there is a full-line growth trend. Of these, fukuda, namsan and yonggang registered the top three increases, with increases of 46 per cent, 34 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively。
Lower threshold for commercial house purchases
In recent days, the central bank has announced a downward adjustment to the minimum down payment rate of 30 per cent for commercial home-purchase loans, which is significantly lower than the 50 per cent previously generally implemented down payment. Following the fall of the policy, the commercial housing market in shenzhen also increased significantly。
With the introduction of the new deal, the threshold for the purchase of commercial housing was significantly lowered. In the case of the apartment sale project at shenzhen nanshan serpent, the number of visits by marketing centres has jumped significantly since the policy was implemented, and the volume of transactions has grown simultaneously。
The sales manager for an apartment in shenzhen in guangdong, wei shizhong, reported that they had had about 60 visits a week, that they currently had about 180 visits, that they had a turnover rate of about 5 per cent, and that they now had a conversion rate of 10 to 12 per cent。
At the marketing centre, journalists saw mr. Cao, who was in the process of signing a house purchase agreement, indicating that the down payment had prompted him to make an investment decision。
The shenzhen new house market as a whole also shows a warming trend. According to shenzhen city real estate information platform data, in the third week of january, 1,051 new housing units were sold across the city, an increase of 14. 5 per cent. Of these, 471 commercial products were traded, representing a significant increase of 69. 4 per cent in the ring ratio, which is an important incentive for the trade in new houses。
