New policy heats up market for 'school district housing'  

19城中小學將實行劃片就近入學 學區房應聲漲價

據中國之聲《新聞晚高峰》報道，教育部日前下發通知，要求到2015年，全國19個城市的中小學將實行劃片就近入學政策。然而新政發布后，記者發現：上學路近了，學區房卻開始應聲漲價，在天津、吉林長春、江蘇南京等地，學區房市場迅速升溫。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Prices of housing adjacent to many cities' top schools have been pushed up by a new policy issued by the country's Education Ministry, China National Radio (CNR) reported.

The ministry issued a notice Monday requiring 19 major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, to make sure that 90 percent of their middle schools enroll students in the surrounding areas by 2015.

In order to get their children enrolled in well-regarded schools, Chinese parents are rushing to buy expensive and unattractive apartments merely as an "admission ticket" to good schools.

Prices of new houses in neighborhoods near top schools in Tianjin's Heping, Hexi and Nankai districts have increased by 20 percent, while second-hand houses are still sought-after despite high prices, CNR said.

For example, a 20-square-meter apartment on Machangdao Road in Hexi district is priced at 700,000 yuan ($114,910), it added.

Guo, a mother of three-year-old twins in Changchun, Jilin province, said: "It's worth it, as it saves me paying sponsorship fees and may be profitable because of the rocketing prices."

A parent in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, held the same opinion, saying many parents plot and save to get their kids into the best possible schools.