Home prices across China fell at a faster pace in July according to two private surveys of the housing market. The downward trend appears to show that the government’s moves to prop up the once sky-rocketing real estate sector have… Read More>>
More Housing Discounts on Way as China’s Developers Feel Pressure
After two quarters of slowing homes sales and the occasional developer collapse, China real estate analysts are predicting lower prices and looser credit for the second half of the year.
A report released this week by CRIC, a unit of E-House… Read More>>
Home Prices Dropped in 71 Out of 100 Chinese Cities in June
China’s slide in home prices continued in June, according to two privately conducted surveys, with nearly three-quarters of the country’s largest cities covered in one study reporting drops in average housing costs compared to May.
According to data from China… Read More>>
Shanghai Project Cuts Prices as Home Discounts Spread to Top Cities
The developer of a high-end Shanghai property project last week announced a nearly 30 percent discount on homes in the face of disappointing sales. The price cut comes as the latest sign of weakness in a real estate market which… Read More>>
China Home Prices Drop Nationwide for First Time Since 2012
A survey by E-House China showed home prices declining on a month-to-month basis for the first time since 2012, as the nation’s real estate market continues to slump due to credit concerns.
The report by CRIC, the information unit of… Read More>>
Nanning Relaxes Property Rules in Bid to Boost Housing Market
Tweaking residency requirements is emerging as an accepted path to skirt China’s policy restrictions on home sales as Nanning, the capital city of China’s Guangxi province, last week announced new guidelines on who qualifies to buy a home as a… Read More>>
Cinda Buys Shanghai Land and China Resources Ups Vanke Stake
Late last week and into the weekend there were a number of breaking news stories, including China’s bad asset bank Cinda picking up two plots of land in Shanghai, China Resources Holdings upping its stake in developer China Vanke, and… Read More>>
China Home Price Growth Slows as Big City Markets Freeze Up
Two separate surveys by private research firms show that the increase in China housing prices slowed in February. At the same time, figures from Beijing and Shanghai show that transactions have fallen off dramatically as buyers and sellers both wait… Read More>>
China Puts Mortgage Discounts in the Past as Banks Raise Rates
With China’s banks facing competition for deposits from trusts on one side and online wealth management products on another, nearly 90 percent have ended mortgage discounts for first time home buyers.
The end of preferential rates was revealed in a… Read More>>
Commercial Real Estate Deals Down 72 Percent in Shenzhen This Year
Sales of commercial property dropped by as much as 72 percent in 43 of 90 cities across China last month, according to a report released by a division of real estate agency e-House.
The report published this week by CRIC, the real estate information division of e-House finds that Beijing recorded only 6094 commercial real estate transactions during January, and in terms of area, only 744,300 square meters were sold.