Can I buy a small property right house in Nanling Village, Shenzhen?

Small property houses can be bought and sold, but the objects they buy and sell are limited.

According to the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China, the land use right collectively owned by farmers shall not be sold, transferred or leased for non-agricultural construction. Rural homestead is collectively owned, and villagers only have the right to use homestead. Farmers can't get legal recognition and protection when they sell their houses to urban residents, and they can't go through legal procedures such as land use certificate, real estate license and deed tax certificate.

It can be seen that small property houses cannot be transferred or sold to third parties who are not members of the collective. However, this does not mean that small property houses cannot be transferred, but that the objects of their transfer or sale are limited and can only be transferred and replaced within the collective members.

There are many risks in buying and selling small property houses now. For example, disputes may not be remedied. In the case of land acquisition and demolition by the state, the compensation for demolition is far lower than that of ordinary commercial housing because the property right of small property houses is not legally recognized by the state, and the buyers actually only have the permanent right to use the houses.