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China developers offer deals betting home prices will hit bottom
Chinese state-owned Poly Developments and Holdings Group is offering homebuyers full refunds at a project in Wenzhou if prices drop further below their purchasing costs before the homes are built.
September 27, 2024
China Focus
Beijing becomes last Chinese mega-city to ease housing rules
Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou slashed downpayment requirements and allowed room for cheaper home loans last month.
June 27, 2024
Singapore news
Briefs: Lawrence Wong sworn in as S’pore’s fourth PM; US core CPI cools; China considers buying unsold homes
Lawrence Wong swearing in as Singapore’s fourth Prime Minister on May 15.
May 16, 2024
China Focus
China property crisis is rippling through its biggest banks
China’s protracted property downturn is eroding the balance sheets of the nation’s largest state banks as their bad loans creep up
March 28, 2024
Banking & finance
China property risks and Fed pivot puts pressure on HSBC, StanChart
Slimmer margins are predicted for HSBC and Singapore lender UOB.
February 16, 2024
China Focus
China’s Ping An Bank names 41 developers in funding support list
More than half of the builders on the list are state-backed companies including Poly Property Group Co.
January 16, 2024
China Focus
Fund manager who beat 97% of peers sees bottom in China property
Investors who wait too long may miss out on the rebound, according to Matt Eagan, a fund manager at Boston-based Loomis Sayles.
January 11, 2024
Property
Is there a light at the end of China’s property tunnel?
New home prices in China fell for the third month in September amid a mortgage boycott and a slowing economy.
October 13, 2022
Broker's Calls
OCBC calls ‘buy’ on Yanlord despite poor 1H20 results
Yanlord is an established presence in 16 key high-growth cities within the six major economic regions of the PRC.
August 18, 2020
China Focus
Billionaires keep bubbling up as China property market soars
(Oct 31): Nowhere on Earth is wealth being created faster than in China’s mainland property market.
October 31, 2017