In 2009，the rental market in Beijing was affected by severe employment situation. The influx of people back to Beijing occurred a week earlier than that in previous years，which caused a rent peak to advance. By the impact of economic crisis，rental level was relatively stable in the first half of 2009. However，it increased month by month in the second half due to seasonal factors and the advantages of subway construction. In addition，driven by mass release of housing demand，the sales price of secondary residential market continued to rise significantly whereas the rent growth was relatively small. Therefore，the rental-to-price ratio kept on growing.

In 2010，factors such as “pending purchase instead of leasing”，“college graduates lease”，“education lease”，and “job-seeker lease” will continue to drive up the activeness of rental market in Beijing. As rents keep on rising，the rental-to-price ratio will reduce furtherly.