中央銀行12/19舉行第4季理監事會，未對房市提出新管制措施。房仲業者分析，央行未推出第8波管控措施，是肯定第7波選擇性信用管制對房市產生的效果；但目前央行對房市仍是「留校察看」，後續房市表現，還要觀察明年329檔期是否回溫。

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作者：陳明吉為國立政治大學財務管理學系教授、黃瓊瑩為國立政治大學商學院信義不動產研究發展中心研究員

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