上漲 shàngzhǎng (price) rises 跌 dié (price) falls 負擔 fùdān (financial) struggles and hardship; stress 有土斯有財 yǒu tǔ sī yǒu cái only when a person has his own land or real estate can he truly own wealth. (slang) 股票 gǔpiào stock 供給 gōngjǐ supply
投機客 tóujī kè speculator 華廈 huá xià mid-rise apartment 預售屋 yù shòu wū presale home 物件 wùjiàn object; item, here means apartments 把…掃光 bǎ… sǎo guāng to sweep away, here means to buy all the apartments 建商 jiàn shāng building construction company
打房 dǎ fáng to stop house price growth 觀念 guānniàn idea; perspective 根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted 措施 cuòshī measures 成交 chéngjiāo to close a deal 課 kè: to tax 奢侈稅 kè shēchǐ shuì luxury tax, real estate capital gain tax 抽 chōu to take a portion (of the profit)