讀後心得

In recent years, the housing market in the south has been constantly rising. Real estate consultants point out that current Taipei City will be the Kaohsiung of ten years from now. With rising housing prices, the types of products in the southern housing market are gradually transforming; traditional detached homes are slowly becoming niche products, while the mainstream of the market will be apartments and buildings. Urban renewal has also become increasingly important. Faced with high housing prices, the choices for young buyers are becoming more and more limited, and many can only accept older homes with a higher age. In the future, the southern housing market will trend towards development similar to that of the north.

The southern housing market has continued to rise in recent years, making it increasingly difficult for young people to purchase homes. A real estate consultant believes that "the current Taipei is the Kaohsiung of ten years from now." This statement reflects the development trend of the housing markets in the north and south, indicating that if one observes the long-term changes in Taiwan's housing market, the development model in the north is beginning to be reproduced in the south. Whether it is housing prices, product types, land use, or urban renewal, a clear evolutionary trajectory has emerged.

The real estate consultant recently stated that with rising housing prices, the density of land use in cities will continue to increase. The previously mainstream detached housing products are expected to transition into apartments and may ultimately evolve into high-rise buildings. Due to rising land prices in city centers and a decrease in available land for development, the importance of urban renewal is also growing, which enhances the appeal of older houses. Taking Taipei as an example, the mainstream products today are no longer detached houses but various types of high-rise buildings, with detached products being almost impossible to find.

Searching for a five-story apartment or a high-rise building with an elevator in Taipei may result in finding properties that are over forty years old, mostly buildings from the previous generation. In the face of soaring house prices, buyers who cannot afford new homes can only turn to older houses. Even if these houses are already thirty years old, if there is an opportunity for urban renewal, there will still be people willing to purchase them.

As for the south, the real estate consultant mentioned that the area is gradually progressing along this path, with the primary change being the "transformation of product types." Originally focused on detached housing products, the southern housing market has, in effect, transformed into a residential high-rise market. While detached products still exist, new developments are gradually moving towards higher-priced luxury homes, which may eventually become niche products.

He emphasized that the southern housing market is increasingly focusing on urban renewal in the aging downtown areas rather than merely developing redeveloped areas to achieve sustained urban expansion. As housing prices continue to rise in the future, the willingness to acquire older homes will inevitably increase. Therefore, if one wishes to predict the trend of the Kaohsiung housing market in ten years, they can refer to the current situation in Taipei.