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22.06.25 - 05:18
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China′s rolls out ′property supermarkets′ to support ailing housing market (SCMP)
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With another decline in housing prices in May and sentiment among buyers remaining subdued, Chinese authorities are rolling out “property supermarkets”, which are online or offline hubs where consumers can view homes.
Chengdu last week became the latest city to launch a homebuying platform in an effort to make homebuying more transparent and efficient. The capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province partnered with nearly 30 state-owned and private developers to feature more than 50 projects......
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22.06.25 - 03:36
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China′s property slump drives Hong Kong investors to Japan amid yen weakness (SCMP)
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Global investors, including those based in Hong Kong, are channelling their funds into Japan's residential property market as returns from assets in mainland China sag in the midst of a four-year slump, according to market consultants.
They ploughed in US$11.2 billion of capital into Japanese real estate in the first quarter, or 6 per cent above the five-year average, according to data compiled by Colliers, making it the fifth largest recipient globally. Investors from the US, Singapore and Hong......
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20.06.25 - 13:02
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China Shrugs Off Tariffs But Not its Property Slump (Bloomberg)
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I'm Malcolm Scott, international economics editor in Sydney. Today we're looking at China's property drag. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here....
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16.06.25 - 08:36
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No respite in China′s property crisis as new home prices drop for 24th month (SCMP)
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New home prices across major cities in mainland China weakened in May, extending the sequential monthly decline to two years as analysts warned Beijing's stimulus measures were no longer effective in helping to end the crisis.
Prices in 70 major cities fell 0.2 per cent, following a 0.1 per cent drop in April, according to data published by the government's statistics bureau on Monday. New home prices retreated 4.1 per cent in May from a year earlier, narrowing from a 4.5 per cent decline in the......
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11.06.25 - 02:19
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China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund To Offer Cheap Mortgages, Boost Housing Demand (ZeroHedge)
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China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund To Offer Cheap Mortgages, Boost Housing Demand
With China's real estate sector now a pale shadow of its former self, when just five years ago Goldman defined China's property market as the world's largest asset class at over $60 trillion...
... following countless bankruptcies and years of price declines, Beijing is again trying - after multiple previous failed attempts - to kickstart the one sector that is without doubt the most important to China's middle class because, unlike the US, most Chinese wealth is concentrated in real estate not capital markets.
As Bloomberg reports, China is tapping "an often overlooked pool of funds worth 10.9 trillion yuan ($1.5 trillion) to salvage its housing sector," offering people a cheaper alternative to bank mortgages to spark lacking demand for housing.
The housing provident fund, a government savings program used to help people buy homes, has become an increasingly important means to obtain financing, as ...
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