Why stabilizing housing market matters
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why stabilizing housing market matters

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY China's real estate market has been fluctuating in recent years, leading to a decline in market confidence, reduction in transaction volumes, and price adjustments. That the Central Economic Work Conference in December also decided to sustain efforts to stabilize the real estate market indicates that supportive policies will continue to be implemented. The real estate market is tied to the financial system, with mortgages and land transfer fees significantly affecting banks' and local governments' revenues. As policies continue to be implemented, the real estate market is expected to gradually recover in 2025, laying a solid foundation for China's high-quality economic development.

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Localities given more powers to stabilize realty
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Localities given more powers to stabilize realty

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers look at a property model in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. "A mortgage rate cut could be a critical component of the government's broader strategy to arrest the ongoing downturn in the real estate market and guide it toward a sustainable recovery," said Wang Qing, chief macroeconomic analyst at Golden Credit Rating International. The current substantial land inventory and the …

Focusing on real estate woes vital for China
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Focusing on real estate woes vital for China

China Daily  

AI MENG/CHINA DAILY There have been lots of discussions lately about some major adjustments in China's macroeconomy. The fourth group blames deep adjustments in the real estate market for the decline in demand, high debt and oversupply. In summary, we can see that changes in supply, demand and the balance sheet are all related to changes in China's development paradigm, …

Focusing on real estate woes vital for China
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Focusing on real estate woes vital for China

China Daily  

AI MENG/CHINA DAILY There have been lots of discussions lately about some major adjustments in China's macroeconomy. The fourth group blames deep adjustments in the real estate market for the decline in demand, high debt and oversupply. In summary, we can see that changes in supply, demand and the balance sheet are all related to changes in China's development paradigm, …

China’s ¥5.6 Trillion Real Estate Support Has Yet to Deliver. Here’s Why.
1 month ago

China’s ¥5.6 Trillion Real Estate Support Has Yet to Deliver. Here’s Why.

The Diplomat  

For much of the past decade, China’s real estate sector has been a key driver of economic growth, contributing roughly a quarter of the country’s GDP. The slowdown has disrupted employment, dampened consumer confidence, and strained local government revenues, turning what was once China’s economic engine into a source of prolonged financial distress. Launched in January 2024, the program encourages …

Why stabilizing housing market matters
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why stabilizing housing market matters

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY China's real estate market has been fluctuating in recent years, leading to a decline in market confidence, reduction in transaction volumes, and price adjustments. That the Central Economic Work Conference in December also decided to sustain efforts to stabilize the real estate market indicates that supportive policies will continue to be implemented. The real estate market is …

China's real estate market stabilizes with comprehensive 2024 policy measures
3 months ago

China's real estate market stabilizes with comprehensive 2024 policy measures

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2025-01-02 11:10 BEIJING -- Supported by a series of policy measures to address the yearslong slump, China's property market has shown signs of stabilization and uptick, with renewed confidence and rising demand observed in its most dynamic regional real estate markets. From easing restrictive policies to introducing stimulus measures, China's 2024 real estate policy package, whether at …

Falling rents in China expose its crippled real estate sector and a deeper economic flaw
3 months, 1 week ago

Falling rents in China expose its crippled real estate sector and a deeper economic flaw

Firstpost  

The sharp drop in rents across China’s cities shows a huge oversupply of homes exposing serious problems in the country’s real estate market and the economy China’s urban rental market is facing a major slump exposing weaknesses in the country’s housing and economic systems. In 100 major cities, average rents have hit their lowest level in four years showing a …

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth

China Daily  

A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY After a strong performance in the first quarter, the Chinese economy faced mounting pressures in the second and third quarters due to real estate market changes and weakened domestic demand. From January to October, investment in infrastructure increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year, investment in manufacturing surged by 9.3 percent, and investment in …

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth

China Daily  

A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY After a strong performance in the first quarter, the Chinese economy faced mounting pressures in the second and third quarters due to real estate market changes and weakened domestic demand. From January to October, investment in infrastructure increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year, investment in manufacturing surged by 9.3 percent, and investment in …

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Targeted incremental policies boosting growth

China Daily  

A building under construction in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY After a strong performance in the first quarter, the Chinese economy faced mounting pressures in the second and third quarters due to real estate market changes and weakened domestic demand. From January to October, investment in infrastructure increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year, investment in manufacturing surged by 9.3 percent, and investment in …

Effective incremental policy support strengthens positive trend of recovery
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Effective incremental policy support strengthens positive trend of recovery

China Daily  

On Friday, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that major economic indicators such as consumption, services, and imports and exports have all significantly rebounded, consolidating the positive trend of economic stabilization and recovery since September. Influenced by the consumer subsidy policy for trade-ins, the retail sales of household appliances, automobiles, furniture, and office supplies in units above a …

China exploring reforms in housing sales system to revitalize property sector
7 months ago

China exploring reforms in housing sales system to revitalize property sector

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers look at property models in Huaian, Jiangsu province. BEIJING - China is pursuing reforms in its housing sales system with a shift from the traditional pre-sales practice -- homes being sold before construction is complete -- as part of a broader effort to steer the property sector to a healthy and sustainable path. "We will strongly and orderly …

Experts see real estate stability
7 months, 1 week ago

Experts see real estate stability

China Daily  

A residential property project is under construction in Hefei, Anhui province. CHEN SANHU/FOR CHINA DAILY China's real estate industry is expected to stabilize gradually amid stronger policy support for reducing inventories, improving new supplies and easing liquidity stress of developers, as the country accelerates the establishment of a new development model for long-term high-quality development of the sector, experts said. …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

China Daily| Updated :2024-08-05 An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. On the property front, the …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. On the property front, the resolution said China will …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. They estimated that China's economic activity will likely continue …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. They estimated that China's economic activity will likely continue …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. They estimated that China's economic activity will likely continue …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

A property construction site in Yantai, Shandong province. On the property front, the resolution said China will move faster to establish a housing system that supports both housing rentals and purchases and foster a new development model for the real estate sector. Notably, the resolution said municipal governments will be given greater decision-making powers to regulate the real estate market, …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

A property construction site in Yantai, Shandong province. On the property front, the resolution said China will move faster to establish a housing system that supports both housing rentals and purchases and foster a new development model for the real estate sector. Notably, the resolution said municipal governments will be given greater decision-making powers to regulate the real estate market, …

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Boost to market confidence, growth momentum

China Daily  

An employee tests LED lights at a tech company in Ruichang, Jiangxi province. WEI DONGSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China's recent decision to deepen economic structural reforms will significantly boost market confidence, revive growth momentum, and facilitate the country's sustainable and high-quality development in the next few years, said officials, experts and entrepreneurs. They estimated that China's economic activity will likely continue …

Market-oriented measures underlined for realty sector
8 months, 1 week ago

Market-oriented measures underlined for realty sector

China Daily  

An aerial view of a housing project under construction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in June. China's real estate market, with its vast scale and extensive reach, exerts a systemic influence on the country's macroeconomic performance, said Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, stressing the need to revitalize its stock …

Market-oriented measures underlined for realty sector
8 months, 1 week ago

Market-oriented measures underlined for realty sector

China Daily  

An aerial view of a housing project under construction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in June. China's real estate market, with its vast scale and extensive reach, exerts a systemic influence on the country's macroeconomic performance, said Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, stressing the need to revitalize its stock …

China to foster stable development of the real estate market
8 months, 2 weeks ago

China to foster stable development of the real estate market

China Daily  

China will foster the stable and sound development of the real estate market while accelerating the growth of emerging industries and expanding domestic demand. China will make combined efforts of digesting the existing stock and optimizing the increment in the real estate sector, said Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic …

Realty eyes stability and recovery
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Realty eyes stability and recovery

China Daily  

A property construction site in Yantai, Shandong province. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY The recent wave of supportive policies for the beleaguered property industry will guide the real estate market toward stability and recovery, experts said. "We believe the worst is behind the property market," said Chen Sheng, president of the China Real Estate Data Academy. "The recent real estate policies …

Realty eyes stability and recovery
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Realty eyes stability and recovery

China Daily  

Clients inquire about home loan procedures at a bank in Haian, Jiangsu province. Brodie said due to the continued impact of market factors like house price expectations, the stabilization of the residential real estate market will likely still take some more time to reach a positive growth recovery point. On creating a new real estate development model and promoting high-quality …

Realty eyes stability and recovery
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Realty eyes stability and recovery

China Daily  

A property construction site in Yantai, Shandong province. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY The recent wave of supportive policies for the beleaguered property industry will guide the real estate market toward stability and recovery, experts said. "We believe the worst is behind the property market," said Chen Sheng, president of the China Real Estate Data Academy. "The recent real estate policies …

Key move at critical moment for property market
10 months, 1 week ago

Key move at critical moment for property market

China Daily  

Residential buildings pictured in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province on May 9, 2021. On Friday, the People's Bank of China issued several important new real estate policies, including reducing the down payment ratio for home purchases to 15 percent, lowering the interest rates for provident fund loans and mortgages, and providing loans to local governments to buy unsold apartments for …

Key move at critical moment for property market
10 months, 1 week ago

Key move at critical moment for property market

China Daily  

Residential buildings pictured in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province on May 9, 2021. On Friday, the People's Bank of China issued several important new real estate policies, including reducing the down payment ratio for home purchases to 15 percent, lowering the interest rates for provident fund loans and mortgages, and providing loans to local governments to buy unsold apartments for …

China unveils 'historic' steps to stabilise crisis-hit real estate sector
10 months, 2 weeks ago

China unveils 'historic' steps to stabilise crisis-hit real estate sector

Hindustan Times  

China on Friday announced "historic" steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, allowing local governments to buy "some" apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging to deliver unfinished homes. China Real Estate Newspaper, a publication managed by the housing ministry, said the "heavyweight policies" marked "a significant historic moment" for the property sector. After waves of support measures over the past …

China rolls out new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth
10 months, 2 weeks ago

China rolls out new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth

Associated Press  

China announced a slate of fresh measures Friday to reinvigorate its ailing property industry after the latest data showed housing prices have slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year. He Lifeng, a vice premier, said officials would roll out policies to suit each city and “fight the tough battle of dealing with the risk of unfinished commercial housing.” …

Stimulus key to realty stability
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Stimulus key to realty stability

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers ask queries on housing projects at a real estate agency in Beijing in March. The latest optimization measures adopted by China's major cities to absorb housing inventory have borne fruit, with buoyant market activity being witnessed, based on which experts said that they expect more policy fine-tuning to be unveiled to unleash even more potential demand, stabilize market …

Stimulus key to realty stability
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Stimulus key to realty stability

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers ask queries on housing projects at a real estate agency in Beijing in March. The latest optimization measures adopted by China's major cities to absorb housing inventory have borne fruit, with buoyant market activity being witnessed, based on which experts said that they expect more policy fine-tuning to be unveiled to unleash even more potential demand, stabilize market …

New real-estate development mode key to solving housing market woes
1 year ago

New real-estate development mode key to solving housing market woes

China Daily  

A salesman introduces a residential project to potential homebuyers in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. The policies recently announced by the top authorities indicate that the country will strive to seek breakthroughs by stabilizing the market, preventing risks and promoting transformation, while actively building a new mode of real estate development. Although the task of stabilizing the real estate market is still …

China pledges more help for its ailing property market, as IMF forecasts economy will slow
1 year, 2 months ago

China pledges more help for its ailing property market, as IMF forecasts economy will slow

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Markets in China sank Friday despite a fresh flurry of measures to help prop up the ailing property sector, as the International Monetary Fund forecast that the Chinese economy will continue to slow in coming years. “Financial support for the development of the housing rental market should highlight key points and target shortcomings, mainly in large cities, focusing …

Desperate Chinese property developers resort to bizarre marketing tactics
1 year, 2 months ago

Desperate Chinese property developers resort to bizarre marketing tactics

Live Mint  

China’s real-estate crisis has dragged down the economy, caused massive layoffs and pushed multibillion-dollar companies to the point of collapse. A property company in Tianjin ran a video A residential compound in eastern China’s Zhejiang province promised last year to give home buyers a 10-gram gold bar. Earlier this month, Sheng Songcheng, former head of the statistics department at the …

Explained | On China’s economic slowdown
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | On China’s economic slowdown

The Hindu  

The story so far: China, at the start of this month announced more measures to revive its flagging economy with major banks clearing the path for additional cuts in lending rates and the amount of funds institutions require to hold in foreign exchange reserves, hoping to prevent a further downturn in the ailing property sector. Economic data coming out of …

China's property sales static despite policies to stimulate market: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

China's property sales static despite policies to stimulate market: Report

Hindustan Times  

China's property sales remain static despite China's central bank enacting policies to stimulate the market, New York-based NTD reported. According to China Real Estate Information Corporation, there is a consensus that the real estate sector is on a downward spiral and is truly heading for an era of negative growth. According to statistics from the China Index Academy on January …

Policies to stabilize real estate financing
2 years, 4 months ago

Policies to stabilize real estate financing

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers look at a property model in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. China's latest policies will pump more liquidity into the economy to boost growth, improve real estate financing, stabilize market expectations and help shore up economic recovery in the coming months, industry experts said. Other measures include the central bank's move on Friday to cut the reserve requirement ratio for …

Balanced approach to real estate
2 years, 4 months ago

Balanced approach to real estate

China Daily  

Potential homebuyers look at a property model in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Although that might appear contradictory, it is not a contradiction to encourage appropriate housing consumption while curbing real estate speculation, since both approaches serve the general development goal of "providing all people with adequate housing". Since the principle of "housing is for living in, not for speculation" was first …

Pinched by housing downturn, Chinese families rein in spending
2 years, 7 months ago

Pinched by housing downturn, Chinese families rein in spending

Live Mint  

A two-decade boom in real estate made many Chinese families feel richer. “If more people suffer from income loss, the foundation that supports the bubble in the property market will be shaken," said 39-year old Ms. Tang, who works in the finance industry. As fears of declining home values deepen, more people will re-evaluate their spending and investment decisions, said …

China pumps $188 billion into the economy to counter real estate slump
3 years, 3 months ago

China pumps $188 billion into the economy to counter real estate slump

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — China has decided it’s time to loosen its purse strings and pump money into the economy in a bid to stave off threats to the recovery. The decision — the second cut to that ratio this year — came on the same day China’s Politburo signaled that it may take more aggressive actions to protect …

For China, reining in real estate is a high-stakes balancing act
3 years, 4 months ago

For China, reining in real estate is a high-stakes balancing act

Al Jazeera  

Authorities are loosening lending and home approvals even as Beijing pushes to reduce economy’s reliance on property. “Beijing wants to ensure that there’s sufficient liquidity to maintain construction in the property sector,” Janz Chiang, an analyst at Trivium China in Beijing, told Al Jazeera. “While they are most likely to continue with their policy trajectory to cool the property market, …

Evergrande crisis shines a light on China’s millions of empty homes
3 years, 5 months ago

Evergrande crisis shines a light on China’s millions of empty homes

CNN  

Evergrande’s unraveling is still commanding global attention, but its troubles are part of a much bigger problem. The People’s Bank of China said the company had mismanaged its business but risks to the financial system were “controllable.” “In recent years, the company has failed to manage its business well and to operate in accordance with market changes,” Zou Lan, director …

In its latest crackdown, China intensifies focus on real estate
3 years, 8 months ago

In its latest crackdown, China intensifies focus on real estate

Al Jazeera  

After a years-long campaign to tame property prices, China is upping the ante to break a stubborn cycle of gains that’s made homes increasingly unaffordable. Echoing Xi Jinping’s famous words that “housing is for living in and not for speculation,” Vice Premier Han Zheng added that the sector shouldn’t be used as a short-term tool to stimulate the economy. “China’s …

China vows consistent financial policy to curb housing speculation
4 years, 9 months ago

China vows consistent financial policy to curb housing speculation

China Daily  

Citizens visit a real estate sales office in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, on April 18, 2020. BEIJING -- China will maintain a consistent and stable policy on real estate finance and avoid using the property sector to generate a short-term stimulus to the economy, according to a central bank report. Price indices of new and previously owned houses in first-tier cities …

Real estate may be a safer bet than equities
5 years, 7 months ago

Real estate may be a safer bet than equities

Live Mint  

When you meet a financial planner, one advice that you are most likely to receive is to stay away from real estate and instead invest in financial assets, which are likely to fetch you better returns over the long run. The study builds on a new database of asset prices — Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database funded by the Institute for New …

Small cities seeing big realty moves
7 years ago

Small cities seeing big realty moves

China Daily  

By Wang Ying in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-05 09:09 A saleswoman introduces a property project in Wuhan, Hubei province. After a long time, changing consumer preference, brought about by market dynamics and tighter regulations, will prompt China's property industry to focus on smaller cities rather than metros this year. There were virtually no online transactions in first-and …

Small cities seeing big realty moves
7 years ago

Small cities seeing big realty moves

China Daily  

A saleswoman introduces a property project in Wuhan, Hubei province. After a long time, changing consumer preference, brought about by market dynamics and tighter regulations, will prompt China's property industry to focus on smaller cities rather than metros this year. There were virtually no online transactions in first-and second-tier cities during the Chinese New Year holiday, while third- and fourth-tier …

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