houshanren/hangzhou_house_knowledge

This is a Chinese-language knowledge base about buying property in Hangzhou, China, compiled by someone who went through the home-buying process themselves in 2017. Rather than being a software tool, it's a comprehensive written guide covering everything a first-time buyer in that city would need to understand. The content covers Hangzhou's real estate geography (how the city is divided into districts and what each area is like), key property concepts like floor area ratios, down payment rules, resale policies, and school district boundaries, as well as practical guides on how to navigate the buying process step by step. It also includes maps of property prices across different neighborhoods, metro and transit planning information, and analysis of land auctions and development pipelines, all data points that matter when deciding where to buy. For a non-technical reader: think of this as a detailed blog post that grew into a wiki. A developer in Hangzhou documented everything they learned while purchasing an apartment, the kind of insider knowledge that's hard to find in official government documents, and shared it publicly on GitHub. It became popular because buying property in China involves navigating complex local regulations, school enrollment rules tied to your address, and rapidly shifting market conditions that generic resources don't cover well. The content is specific to Hangzhou and is written entirely in Chinese, so it's primarily useful for Mandarin-reading people considering buying property in that city. Note that the data reflects 2017-2018 market conditions.