COST OF LIVING/Housing transactions in 6 major cities up 26% year-on-year in November

Transactions of residential and commercial property in the six special municipalities in Taiwan rose about 26 percent in November from a year earlier, marking the fifth consecutive monthly year-on-year increase on the back of a rise in purchases of newly built homes and the government's preferential mortgage package for young home buyers.

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