Foreigners need to provide tax payment certificate or social security certificate when purchasing real estate in the restricted area. According to the relevant regulations, non-local registered families (couples and minor children) who have worked in Dalian and provided personal income tax or social security certificates for more than 1 year and have no house in Dalian are allowed to buy a house, including a second-hand house. Non-Dalian residents' families who own 1 set or more houses cannot provide proof that they have paid personal income tax or social insurance (urban social insurance) in Dalian for more than 1 year, and the sale of their houses in Dalian is suspended.

According to the relevant regulations, buyers need to go to the inquiry window set up by the tax or social security department in the real estate transaction registration center to apply for the personal income tax payment certificate or the social insurance certificate of 1 year in this city; Then, with the identity documents of family members and the original and photocopy of the household registration certificate, go to the inquiry window of the house purchase qualification certificate specially set up by the center to handle the "House Purchase Qualification Certificate".

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