A reduction in transfer and mortgage fees to 0.01% for a period of six months to a year and GH Bank's relaxed housing loan criteria for low-income earners will form the backbone of stimulus measures seeking cabinet approval early this month.
The potential fee cuts are aimed at alleviating homebuyers' burden, a Finance Ministry source said without providing further details on which home prices would qualify.
The fee reduction would lower local administrations' revenue, with the government then subsidising them to maintain a revenue ratio of 27% of government revenue as required by law, the source said.
The specific business tax -- a levy on property developers when they sell to homebuyers and on property owners who resell their property within five years of it being transferred to them -- would be kept unchanged at 3.3%, the source said.
The Finance Ministry has no plans to cut the specific business tax, viewing the sluggish market as largely a result of tightened housing loan approvals by banks.
Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong recently identified mortgage approvals as the main problem in the real estate sector, as rejection rates by financial institutions are high and low-income borrowers have trouble obtaining home loans.
Commercial banks' rejection rates for housing loans are as high as 60%, up from 20% in normal times.
A reduction in transfer and mortgage fees to 0.01% for a period of six months to a year and GH Bank's relaxed housing loan criteria for low-income earners will form the backbone of stimulus measures seeking cabinet approval early this month.The potential fee cuts are aimed at alleviating homebuyers' burden, a Finance Ministry source said without providing further details on which home prices would qualify.The fee reduction would lower local administrations' revenue, with the government then subsidising them to maintain a revenue ratio of 27% of government revenue as required by law, the source said.The specific business tax -- a levy on property developers when they sell to homebuyers and on property owners who resell their property within five years of it being transferred to them -- would be kept unchanged at 3.3%, the source said.The Finance Ministry has no plans to cut the specific business tax, viewing the sluggish market as largely a result of tightened housing loan approvals by banks.Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong recently identified mortgage approvals as the main problem in the real estate sector, as rejection rates by financial institutions are high and low-income borrowers have trouble obtaining home loans.Commercial banks' rejection rates for housing loans are as high as 60%, up from 20% in normal times.
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