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In China, get a divorce to buy second home! | Li Guoliang, 42, is planning to divorce his wife, not to end an unhappy marriage, but to buy a second home. His decision
came after the Chinese government imposed restrictions on a family purchasing
a second home, in a bid to curb property speculation. According to reports by
English.news.cn, a divorce could reduce the couple's down payment by 140,000 yuan
(20,505 U.S. dollars) and mortgage payments by 100,000 yuan, said Li, who is considering
buying a 720,000 yuan second home for investment in Changsha , the capital of
central Hunan Province . In mid-April, the State Council, or the Cabinet, ordered
banks nationwide to raise the down payment for a family to buy a second home to
a minimum 50 percent of the value from 40 percent, with a mortgage rate no less
than 1.1 times the benchmark interest rate. "After we get divorced, my wife will
claim our house, so that I can apply for a mortgage as a first-home buyer since
I don't have a house under my name. And we will remarry after that," Li said,
adding that he got the idea from a real estate agency. Chen Ping, a real estate
agent in Changsha , has helped many couples apply for the preferential mortgage
for the first-home buyer through a "fake divorce," which was "legitimate and viable,
just like reasonable tax avoidance." Seemingly a risk free procedure, Feng Kun,
a lawyer with the Changsha-based Xiangsheng Law Office, warns that there could
be unseen repercussions. "What if your spouse changes his or her mind and refuses
to remarry? It would be a big blow," Feng said. |
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