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China’s new home sales forecast to drop 15% in 2025, Fitch reports
At about 2.03 per cent, rental yield is still way below the benchmark home mortgage financing rate to spark investment in new homes.
5 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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China property
Shimao gets more time to restructure debt after rebuffing liquidation petition
2 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM
China property
Shenzhen joins Beijing and Shanghai in offering tax breaks to boost home sales
20 Nov 2024 - 9:54AM
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China property
Amid property crisis, China must shift from ‘availability’ to ‘quality’: premier
Latest comments show how China’s leadership aims to ‘leverage technology’ and embrace modern advancements to fuel urbanisation drive and boost economy.
19 Nov 2024 - 5:03PM
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Signs of China’s housing market stabilising, new tax breaks: 5 China property stories
Slowing decline of new home prices, policy support drives sales rise and tax breaks in key cities aim to boost the market. See our latest coverage of Chinese property.
19 Nov 2024 - 2:29PM
China property
China’s new home prices slow 17-month decline after support measures kick in
Prices across 70 cities fell for the 17th month in October, but at a slower pace, suggesting support measures may be stabilising the market.
15 Nov 2024 - 12:14PM
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China property
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.
14 Nov 2024 - 10:22AM
China property
China’s embattled property developers see sales surge in October
A release of pent-up demand driven by rate cuts has given developers a much-needed sales boost.
9 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM
China property
China’s developers borrow more to satiate their thirst for funding
Bond financing in the property sector rose for the second month in October, rising 3.2 per cent from last year to 29 billion yuan, according to the China Index Academy.
6 Nov 2024 - 2:06PM
China property
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.
5 Nov 2024 - 3:55PM
China property
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.
2 Nov 2024 - 10:02AM
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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.
1 Nov 2024 - 3:00PM
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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.
28 Oct 2024 - 2:19PM
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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.
27 Oct 2024 - 8:31PM
China property
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.
18 Oct 2024 - 12:59PM
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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.
10 Oct 2024 - 4:48PM
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China economy
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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.
8 Oct 2024 - 7:30PM
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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.
6 Oct 2024 - 8:59PM
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China property
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.
4 Nov 2024 - 6:04PM
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China property
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.
30 Sep 2024 - 12:16PM
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China property
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.
29 Sep 2024 - 9:30AM
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Banking & finance
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.
25 Sep 2024 - 6:52PM
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China property
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.
15 Sep 2024 - 11:31AM
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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.
9 Sep 2024 - 8:30AM
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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.
27 Aug 2024 - 9:30AM
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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.
25 Aug 2024 - 9:24PM
China's economic recovery
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.
23 Aug 2024 - 9:00PM
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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.
19 Aug 2024 - 5:00PM
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