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Housing prices in the big eastern seaboard cities like Beijing and Shanghai remain high compared to where they were five years ago, but have been coming down month over month due to the current policies that curb lending to the sector and restrict home purchases, especially for non-resident home buyers, foreign investors, and second or third home buyers.