The national institute of Social Sciences ( CASS ) , a conservative think tank , believes that China 's property prices in top - tier cities will cool in the first half of this year , while the recent price surge in lower - tier cities is expected to slow down from the second half of 2008 . This is partly due to increased government spending on buyers , and tighter monetary conditions . However , sun Pengfei , a senior researcher with CASS , warned that China 's housing bubble remains " relatively big " .
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a government think tank, believes that China's property prices in top-tier cities will cool in the first half of this year, while the recent price surge in lower-tier cities is expected to slow down from the second half of 2018. This is partly due to increased government curbs on buyers, and tighter monetary conditions. However, Ni Pengfei, a senior researcher with CASS, warned that China's property bubble remains "relatively big".