Need a roof to call my own

Yang Yang, who is in her late 20s and currently single, is desperate to buy property. Here's why

Since the start of last year, I have realized that something about me has changed. I feel an increasingly strong urge to work harder and buy less. To earn more and save more. I even invested a small sum of money in the stock market, which with its highs and downs, has successfully devoured one-fourth of my investment.

The urge to work harder reached its peak when I talked to my father at the end of last year, when I hoped to buy a house in my hometown, where house prices are one-tenth of Beijing rates.