Lower rates boosting home loan size
In any case, the higher lending levels probably represent demand for apartment-style developments already built or nearing completion, after an upsurge in building approvals – since stalled – around the middle of last year. So there is not much joy for …
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Tainan residents protest land grab, claim Lai lied
… her family has worked hard for decades to pay off the mortgage on the house where they are currently living. “Now the [Greater Tainan] government wants us to buy a new apartment, which means I would have the burden of debts on new loans,” Wang said.
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