--File--un acquirente home guarda al modello di edifici di appartamento residenziale progetto durante una fiera immobiliare in Cina a Shanghai, 16 dicembre 2011. Mento
--File--A home buyer looks at model buildings of residential apartment project during a real estate fair in Shanghai, China, 16 December 2011. Chinas central bank pledged Wednesday (8 February 2012) to support first-time home buyers, marking the first notable softening in tone towards the real-estate sector since a clampdown on prices that began in mid-2010. The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) said it would ensure lending support to affordable housing projects and take other steps to address credit flows to weak links, including first-time home buyers, according to a statement posted on its website. In spite of the shift in central banks language, there were no signs Chinas senior leadership was in the middle of a U-turn in housing policy, as recent comments by Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated effort to curb real-estate speculation and bring property prices down.
