Luxury home sales rebound in mainland China but overall market recovery unlikely: analysts
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Sun, 16 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post01:00
Sales of luxury homes in mainland China’s top cities are picking up as high-net-worth individuals, benefiting from the country’s tech boom, splash out billions of yuan to improve their housing. The buying binge has sparked expectations of a broad market recovery after a six-year property slump across the country, according to brokers. But analysts said such homes represented just a small portion of the mainland’s property industry, with increasing sales and higher prices not enough to turn...
Mon, 17 August 2026
1 report- macrobusiness.com.au01:30
The headline number of Chinese property sales remains awful. Stimmies to the rescue! MS. China launched a RMB15tn five-year urban-renewal programme covering 115,000 ageing communities and c.500,000 dilapidated homes, while cities increased smaller land supply. Beijing cut non-local buyers’ social-security requirement within the Fifth Ring Road to one year and raised the maximum provident-fund loan
Fri, 28 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post13:42first to report
Beijing has unveiled a package of measures to shift home sales in China’s vast property market away from a presales model, in a stronger-than-expected push to stabilise a property downturn that has weighed on consumer demand for years. A notice released on Friday laid out reforms to China’s home sales system, telling local governments to prioritise completed-home sales. It was jointly issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the...
- Times of India14:54
China's central bank and financial regulator unveiled new property sector guidelines. These measures aim to reduce developer reliance on presale funds significantly. Mortgages will now be issued only after housing projects are fully completed. Local governments will promote the sale of completed homes to prevent delivery risks. Financial institutions will take a greater role in project financing and monitoring.
Mon, 31 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post08:00
With China rolling out a stronger-than-expected package of measures to transition the housing market away from a presales model, analysts said the shift is a double-edged sword for real estate developers: tighter regulations are poised to squeeze cash inflows, even as the reforms aim to stimulate sales and stabilise prices over time. Under new rules released by the People’s Bank of China, presales would remain in effect but down payments and mortgage funds would be disbursed to developers...
- Times of India08:49