RH-CQ-2025

Chongqing Rental Housing Market: 2021–2025 Evolution and 2025 Review

重慶住房租賃市場：2021—2025年演進與2025年深度觀察

Chongqing rental housing market research, 2021–2025: Executive Summary, Research Scope and EILT Model; Policy evolution and operating impact; Market Scale and Product Supply; Rent, Occupancy and Demand Anchors; Capital Markets, Risks and Recommendations.

Key findings

1. Reconstructed year-end 2025 supply reached 98,957 units, up 7,508 from 2024.
2. Rental communities contributed 77,100 units, or 77.9%, and youth apartments 21,072, or 21.3%, together 99.2% of supply.
3. EILT Tiers 1–3 contained 42,656 units, or 43.1% of citywide supply, while Tiers 4–5 contained 56,301, or 56.9%.
4. Comparable 2025 samples averaged RMB 0.90 per sq m per day and 95.5% occupancy.
5. Comparable supply increased by 28,850 units from 2023 to 2025, with rental communities driving most of the 2025 increase.
6. From 2021 to 2025, Chongqing policy expanded from affordable-rental mobilisation toward existing-asset activation, talent housing, rental regulation and urban renewal.

What's inside

1. Executive Summary, Research Scope and EILT Model04—07
2. Policy evolution and operating impact08—17
3. Market Scale and Product Supply18—33
4. Rent, Occupancy and Demand Anchors34—46
5. Capital Markets, Risks and Recommendations47—51

Who it is for

• Institutional investors evaluating entry into the Chongqing rental housing market
• Developers and operators planning rental communities and youth apartments
• Asset managers sourcing REIT-eligible rental assets
• Policy analysts tracking rental housing regulation