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With recent skyrocketing housing prices, the government has continuously implemented housing justice policies, including Actual Price Registration, in response to non-stop soaring urban housing prices, which had even been ranked the No.1 of top ten public discontents since 2009. This study aims to explore the impact of information disclosure with the case of Actual Price Registration initiative. In-depth interviews, mystery shopper survey and Delphi method were employed to examine impacts driven from perception and responses to actual prices, bargaining strategies and operating changes on both entire real estate market and individuals in housing transactions. The finding suggests that information disclosure has motivated greater disintermediation effects on buyers and facilitated deals by cutting off bargaining possibilities. Actual prices information on official website links has been more persuasive and supported for housing sales after being capitalized by housing agencies. However, the problems of information reliability, instance and sufficiency resulting from the lack of mandatory price filing of information holders and integrated information platform among public agencies have threatened its completion. Information transparency assessment indexes built by the author were reviewed to further analyze the preliminary efforts of housing policy that have been taking effect since mid-2012. The paper reflects upon the policy objective of and measures for controlling real estate transactions, and provides rough suggestions based on the interviewees’ responses and government employees’ experiences.
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