20.01.2012 - China's property market: China's housing downturn will benefit state-owned developers
Could the arrival of the year of the dragon rescue the country's beleaguered property developers? As Chinese new year approaches later this month, tens of thousands of couples are preparing to marry under what is considered an auspicious sign. To win over a bride in a country undersupplied with women, it helps a lot if the aspiring groom first proves his worth by buying a home. China's developers need all the help they can get. Keen to cool overheating residential-property markets, the central government has restricted purchases of multiple homes, demanded larger down-payments and curtailed opportunities for speculators to "flip", or quickly sell on, properties...............................................Full Article: Source
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