After the World Expo, The real estate industry will develop faster. According to the provisions of the international exhibitions Bureau and the practice of the past EXPOs, all the foreign national pavilions are temporary buildings and most of them will be demolished after the event.

In the place, there will be millions of square metres of new constructions. It will be a great business opportunities for the Shanghai property developers. In fact, the development in the post-Expo period has been already under planning. According to the “ Pudong New Area Strategic Plan for the Post-Expo Development of Expo region (in the period 2010-2020) ”, an Expo New Town will be built in Expo region, aiming to become the fifth Shanghai sub-central-district. Shanghai property developers will be fighting to acquire the land in the Expo region. And the price of the land will also increase.　

A Shanghai property consulting company has published a Sanghai real estate market investment analysis and forecast for the period of 2009-2012.

It describes the types of Shanghais property, the definitions, characteristics and factors affecting the value, and so on. It also analyses the development of China's real estate industry, the environment for the development of real estate industry in Shanghai, as well as operation of the Shanghai property market. It particularly describes Shanghai land market, the residential market, apartment market, villas market, commercial real estate market, office markets, shops and second-hand property market.

A report included on the local real estate market analyzes the operation of the key real estate enterprises, their marketing and financing. It also forecast the trend of the market and is a great help to those who want to understand the Shanghai property market.