Quote from Sell 'em:
The funny thing is - China has no property taxes. That is in fact contributing to their housing bubble. People are buying condos as a store of value ... without any intent to live in, or rent out, the units. They simply minimize maintenance costs, and 'buy to hold.' It leaves whole new complexes bought, paid for, and completely dead quiet for lack of tenants. If the US didn't have property taxes, our bubble would have been much worse as taxes are a significant part of carrying cost. The Chinese will show us how it is really done!