In the face of increasingly gloomy economic data, China’s central bank announced on Saturday that it would be lowering bank reserve ratio requirements by 0.5 basis points effective May 18th. The move is aimed at increasing the available credit supply… Read More>>
9 Things You Should Know About China’s Sliding Real Estate Prices
It’s the statistical time of the month again, and the fresh batch of numbers from China’s National Statistics Bureau show a sixth straight month of slipping home prices for many cities in the nation.
This month’s figures show that the… Read More>>
China Real Estate Restrictions to Remain Despite Downturn in Data
China’s economic data for the first quarter of 2012 is now being reported and the results are not pretty. Perhaps the most outstanding number is the 8.1 percent GDP growth, which underperformed analyst estimates of 8.4 percent, and has led… Read More>>
Shui On Predicts 12-18 Months of Continued Real Estate Austerity
Real estate speculators hoping for signs of a return to the free-wheeling days of 2009, will have to wait a while longer, according to Freddy Lee, CEO of Hong Kong-based property developer Shui On Land.
Speaking to Bloomberg TV… Read More>>
Home Prices Fall in 45 of China’s Top 70 Cities
Continuing the downward trend in China’s residential real estate prices, the National Statistics Bureau announced today that the average price paid for residential real estate fell on a month to month basis during February in 45 of the 70 cities surveyed… Read More>>
SOHO Chief Says Housing Policies Are Biggest Risk to China’s Economy
In the latest sign of the pressures that China’s restrictions on residential real estate are putting on the nation’s property developers, SOHO China CEO Zhang Xin now contends that the greatest threat to the nation’s development comes from government policies.
If It Looks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like A Duck, Is It a Policy Change?
Stories have been flying back and forth this week about whether or not Shanghai has loosened restrictions on residential real estate sales — essentially reversing two years of government policy and giving hope to the country’s beleaguered property market.
The… Read More>>
China Real Estate Prices Drop for Fourth Straight Month
The government’s efforts to rein in runaway real estate prices in China continued to have an impact in January as the latest data show that average new home prices across the country dropped 0.2 percent compared to December.
The fall… Read More>>
Anhui City Loosens Real Estate Restrictions — Others to Follow?
On Thursday, the city of Wuhu in eastern China’s Anhui province reversed some of the restrictions on residential real estate transactions, becoming the first city in 2012 to attempt to revive its sagging property market.
According to a statement on… Read More>>
China Govt Advisor Says 7 Percent GDP Growth is OK
As analysts attempt to peer into China’s future and predict at what point the government may step in to stoke up a cooling market, a former advisor to China’s central bank still sees stimulus measures as unlikely unless economic growth… Read More>>
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