* 2016 property investment +6.9 pct y/y, sales volume +22.5 pct * New housing starts +12.5 pct in December * December investment, sales rise strongly vs Nov (Adds analyst comment, quotes from NBS official) By…
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China January factory activity expands for sixth month at modest pace but risks loom
A slowing property market could also dent China’s industrial activity this year, dampening demand for building materials from glass to steel. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Wednesday stood at 51.3 in January,…
China Jan factory activity expands for 6th month at modest pace
However, some analysts question whether the growth will be sustainable once the impact of earlier stimulus measures begins to wear off and as the property market starts to cool, which is widely expected. China’s economy…
China’s dodgy $1 billion in property
Australian financial intelligence officials last year investigated more than $3.3 billion of suspect transfers by Chinese investors — including $1bn invested in property — raising concerns that Australia’s foreign ownership laws are being sidestepped ……
Xishuangbanna in a property boom as Beijing chokes on smog
In the last year, a new army has stampeded its way toward this prefecture of less than 1 million people, on China’s southern border with Myanmar and Laos. They are property buyers — households with…
China boom for Manchester property
Property experts in Manchester are hoping that the Chinese New Year and Spring Golden Week will bring them a boom in business. That’s according to specialist publication opp.today, who report that flight bookings from China…
China's property market to see slower growth in 2017: Moody's
Beijing: China’s overheated property market is likely to show a slower pace of sales growth this year due to tightened regulations, a top credit ratings agency has said. “We expect nationwide contracted sales in 2017…
Mainland Chinese firms expand property footprint in Hong Kong, set to fuel price rises
Thomas Lam, senior director at property consultancy Knight Frank, said the arrival of any new players from mainland China would make it even harder for mid- and small-sized local property developers to acquire new land.…
China's property market to see slower sales growth in 2017: Moody's
BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Moody’s Investors Service expects China’s property market to show a slower pace of sales growth in 2017 following tightened regulations to ease an overheated market. “We expect nationwide contracted sales…
China 2016 property investment rises 6.9 pct y/y, sales jump to 7-year high
BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) – China’s real estate investment rose 6.9 percent in 2016, official data showed on Friday, as national sales posted their strongest annual growth in seven years thanks to a furious property…
Chinese 2017 growth in question with the arrival of Trump, the property market cooling and currency still unsettled
Such a strategy cannot last forever,” he added, while anticipating slower growth in 2017, mainly dragged down by property and automobile sales. Macquarie bases China’s better-than-expected growth in 2016 on 22 per cent growth in…
Apple’s legal battle with Qualcomm reaches China
Apple has filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, extending a legal battle with its longtime chip-supplier into the world’s biggest market for smartphones. The suits, which Apple said it filed on Monday in Beijing’s…
China should cap new home prices to avoid 'severe' problems – state researcher
BEIJING China should urgently solve problems in its property market by putting a cap on the prices at which new homes are sold, a researcher for the cabinet was quoted as saying on Wednesday by…
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