Taipei’s price-to-income ratio was 15.41× in 2025, versus 9.89× nationwide.
Taipei’s housing affordability ratio converts house prices into years of median household income. The 2025 ratio stood at 15.41×, compared with 9.89× nationally and 6.4× for Taipei in 2004. This frames the housing problem as a long-run affordability multiple rather than only a house-price index.
Source 1: Ministry of the Interior Real Estate Information Platform
Publisher: Ministry of the Interior Real Estate Information Platform
Units: times; percent
Source 2: Global Property Guide citing Taiwan MOI
Publisher: Global Property Guide citing Taiwan MOI
Units: times
MOI’s price-to-income ratio divides median housing price by median annual household income. This brief is source-labelled because the exact annual values are taken from a secondary source citing MOI data.
Uses MOI-linked housing-affordability figures reported by Global Property Guide. The Taipei/national multiple is calculated from the 2025 price-to-income ratios.
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