隨房屋越來越為老舊，政府積極推動都更與危老改建，2023 年上半年核發拆除執照的宅數達到 3554 戶，數量創下 24 年以來的同期新高，其中光台北市就有 1315 戶，數量比其他 5 都的總和還要高，顯示危老等改建等政策推動，的確有其改建的效益產生。

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觀察房地交易相關稅目，土增稅7月實徵69億元、年增7.6%，終止連15黑，財政部統計處專門委員梁冠璇分析，土增稅轉正成長，主要是台北市、新竹縣有企業之間大坪數土地買賣，加上去年疫情影響致比較基期低所致。

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根據主計總處統計，7月消費者物價指數（CPI）年增率已經連2月低於2%的通膨警戒線，其中通膨重要推力之一的房租，漲幅同樣連2月低於2%。主計總處官員表示，房租漲勢高峰已經過去。近年受到國際原物料價格飆高等因素影響，全球籠罩通膨陰影，台灣CPI漲勢更連續22個月超過2%的通膨警戒線，直到今年6、7月才回落至2%以下。

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財政部端出囤房稅2.0，稅率授權地方政府因地制宜訂定，為避免地方消極處理，財政部今天表示，規劃設計「建議標準」給縣市政府參考，以防地方稅率訂定過於寬鬆，近期將預告「房屋稅條例」修正草案，力拚年底前通過。為持續落實居住正義，財政部端出房屋稅差別稅率2.0（囤房稅）方案，預計2024年7月實施新制，2025年5月開徵。

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主計總處統計資料顯示，7月房租指數103.89，雖然再創新高，但已連2個月年增率小於2%，增速有放緩跡象，反觀住宅維修費指數109.84、年增3.38%，漲幅高於租金指數，家庭管理費用指數105.07、年增3.52%。信義房屋不動產企研室專案經理曾敬德分析，通膨不僅帶動造價與原物料價格上漲，連工資也因反應市場供需失衡而出現上揚現象，使維修、家事服務費等費用同步走揚。

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• Country Garden, one of the largest non-state-owned developers by sales, has reportedly missed two coupon payments on dollar bonds that were due Sunday.
• Meanwhile, Dalian Wanda saw its senior vice president Liu Haibo taken away by police after the company’s internal anti-corruption probe, Reuters reported.

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• The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 7.09% from 6.93%.
• The rate on FHA loans, which are favored by first-time or lower-income borrowers because they offer low down payments, hit 7.02% the highest since 2002.
• Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 3% for the week and were 27% lower than the same week one year ago.

According to CBRE's newly released 2023 Asia Pacific Real Estate Market Outlook Mid-Year Review, a continued challenging environment for the Asia Pacific commercial real estate investment market still persists due to the prolonged interest rate hike cycle, insufficient price corrections, and a slower than expected recovery of mainland China.

Based on new data from the National Association of Realtors' latest quarterly report, almost 60% of U.S. metro markets (128 out of 221) registered home price gains in the second quarter of 2023 as 30-year fixed mortgage rates oscillated between 6.28% and 6.71%.

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