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An agent speaks with potential buyers near a scale model of residential buildings at a property fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

China unveils new tax breaks to boost home sales, free up household cash

‘Pretty sizeable’ reductions would ease burdens on buyers and sellers, accelerating listings and sales, analyst says.

China’s embattled property developers see sales surge in October

China’s developers borrow more to satiate their thirst for funding

Beijing puts no price cap on land sale, signalling property-market shift

For the first time since 2021, market forces will decide the worth of a plot, as well as the prices of homes built on the site.

A view of the skyline of central Beijing on July 17, 2024. Photo: AP

China declares worst is over for housing market. Others see more misery

While China’s September stimulus blitz has restored US$4 trillion of value to stock markets, the wealth effect in the property sector is less obvious and immediate.

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China’s top 100 developers post better home sales, other signals still weak

Sales by the nation’s top 100 developers rose in October, the first month of year-on-year increase in 2024.

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China’s property market improving as deals surge in top cities

Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen are on the way to recording multi-month highs in property transactions.

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Residential buildings in Shangai’s Jingan district. Property transactions in China’s biggest city have risen this month. Photo: AFP

China property: Sunac’s Shanghai luxury flats sell out in 3 hours

All 158 units in the project in Dongjiadu, Huangpu district, were sold, fetching the developer US$825.8 million.

China’s home prices see biggest drop since 2015 despite efforts to revive market

New home prices in September fell 6.1 per cent year on year in 70 mainland cities, widening from a 5.7 per cent slump in August.

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China property: stabilisation effort gains pace in Hangzhou, Chengdu

Zhejiang province’s capital lifts price restrictions for homes built on newly acquired land and cuts initial payments for new and used homes.

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Hangzhou, a major city, eastern China, has withdrawn price restrictions for homes built on newly acquired land in the metropolis. Photo: Shutterstock

The View | China should make its economy work for its youth

As China’s Gen Z opt for more experience-based consumer choices, policymakers must step in to help them support the traditional economy too.

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Holidaymakers take selfies at Tiantan Park in Beijing on National Day on October 1. Photo: Xinhua

Shanghai sees instant rebound in housing market after stimulus, loosened curbs

Shanghai’s revival may be a bellwether for other top-tier cities, but the same may not apply to places further afield, sales agents say.

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Shanghai, Shenzhen luxury home sales soar after historic stimulus package

Wealthy buyers snap up homes in prime locations amid renewed optimism driven by relaxed purchase restrictions and lower mortgage rates.

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Shanghai, tier-1 cities remove more curbs in major boost to property market

Guangzhou is setting the tone for policy deregulation across the country, says Yan Yuejin of E-house China Research and Development Institute.

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China’s property market is taking a bullish turn, thanks to Beijing’s stimulus and easier rules by local authorities. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

China’s bazooka offers no quick fix for housing market amid broken confidence

Fitch analyst sees more support measures next quarter to ensure Beijing’s latest stimulus bazooka achieves its aims.

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A motorist passes by placards showing properties for lease on electric scooters parked along the sidewalk in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province in August 2024. Photo: AP

Banks may become collateral damage of China’s policy bazooka

Banks’ net interest margins may be reduced by a fifth of a percentage point, according to an estimate by S&P Global Ratings.

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Can China’s mortgage rate cuts revive its faltering property market?

Worried about job cuts and a lack of high-yield investment options, homeowners are rushing to repay home loans and mortgages in advance.

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China’s ultra-rich are snatching up luxury homes for a rainy day

Wealthy homebuyers see opportunity for flats that cost more than US$14,000 per square metre in prime downtown areas after recent market correction.

Shanghai’s Xujiahui Commercial and shopping district pictured on September 5, 2020. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | To restore consumer confidence, China must save the property sector

Instead of squandering billions buying unsold properties, Beijing should learn from the US response to the global financial crisis.

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Chinese developers, cities tempt homebuyers with creative perks

‘Developers cannot cut sales prices freely, so they offer more valuable incentives which serve as de facto discounts,’ an analyst says.

China to ‘vigorously’ expand finished-home sales in property-sector overhaul

A successful trial in Zhengzhou will be expanded nationwide to give developers and projects ample funding, and to compensate homebuyers if developers go under.

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Beijing’s emphasis on selling finished homes is a rectification of the once-rampant practice of Chinese developers launching home sales before units were built. Photo: Bloomberg

Luxury properties defy China’s slumping home sales as big-city buyers splash out

Sales of homes above 30 million yuan (US$4.2 million ) in Shanghai hit a 10-year high in the first half of the year, according to CRIC data.

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One Sino Park, developed by Sunac China Holdings, is located in Huangpu district in Shanghai. Photo: Handout

Don’t be ‘smug’, Chinese state media warns after Foxconn’s billion-yuan HQ plans

Apple’s manufacturer in China bucked a trend of declining investment with its big plans for Henan province, but a ‘complicated’ environment is seen reflecting how slower growth will be ‘the new trend’.

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Is China’s property slump easing, as bailout shows ‘some effect’?

‘Marginal improvement’ shows government policy support is having ‘some effect’, researcher says.

China’s developers slow their land banking as property slump festers

State-owned developers dominate the property market due to easier access to funding, challenging the ability of private developers to catch up in the near future, according to analysts.

Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai on June 24, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Far from farms: China aims to energise economy with new urbanisation action plan

A five-year undertaking could see 70 per cent of all Chinese settled in large cities, with newly granted urban-residency status and benefits, to expand domestic demand and industrial upgrades.

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As of last year, slightly more than 66 per cent of China’s 1.4 billion people lived in urban areas, and leadership wants that percentage to reach 70 per cent in five years. Photo: AFP

China’s June home prices fall, adding weight to economic malaise

The slump in the world’s largest property market dragged on China’s economic growth, which expanded at a slower-than-expected rate of 4.7 per cent in the second quarter.

China’s second-hand property sales surge after policy incentives

Secondary-market sales in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen hit a 14-month high in June, but new home sales slumped further on delivery angst.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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