418花蓮地震，再度讓危險老舊建物改善議題浮上檯面。內政部次長花敬群今（25）日指出，在都市更新部分，就營造費用總產值及案件數推估，保守估計每年可增加新台幣500億元產值，希望未來每年都可以此速度成長。

花敬群指出，若以經濟成長的角度來估算，在改善建物耐震部分，都更產值推估每年可成長500億元，但實際數字為何，端視核定的案件何時動工，但每年成長規模幾百億元，應是可以達成的。

花敬群接著解釋，假設一件案件核定後用四年完成，第一年動用一成營造經費、第二、三、四年再各動用三成，然後根據每個案件數平均規模推估出可能產值，至於基期則得視實際案件的狀況才能得知。

日前，中央國家機關住房資金管理中心出台新政，明確對二套房貸款實行“認房又認貸”。此前國管公積金二套房政策執行標準為“認房不認貸”。業內人士預測，公積金新政在實質上對樓市直接影響不大。但畢竟該調整是公積金貸款再度收緊的信號，從心理層面肯定會影響當前樓市“小陽春”的持續。而且當前樓市整體供應充足，尤其是限競房“壓城”，此前普遍判斷的“小陽春”能否延續將成疑問。

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