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- China's housing sector risks falling into bear market, Citi says Data this month showed home sales by value dropped 20 per cent in August. Data this month showed home sales by value dropped 20 per cent in August.PHOTO: EPA-EFE PUBLISHEDSEP 24, 2021, 12:26 PM SGT FACEBOOKWHATSAPPTWITTER HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - China's home prices are at risk of "meaningful downside" regardless of what happens to China Evergrande Group, according to Citigroup analysts, in what would be a further drag on the country's economic growth. "It seems clear that even in an orderly restructuring, the property sector in China is likely to face downside pressures," wrote analysts including Mr Dirk Willer in a note dated Thursday (Sept 23). "While the authorities try to limit lower real estate prices due to fire sales by Evergrande by implementing price floors, price controls typically do not work." The note was titled A Bear Market In Chinese Property. ADVERTISING Evergrande, the world's most indebted developer, has yet to say whether it paid interest due on Thursday to holders of its United States dollar bonds. The company will then have a 30-day grace period to make the payment before a technical default may be declared. Financial regulators in Beijing have encouraged Evergrande to take all measures possible to avoid a near-term default on dollar bonds, though investors are pricing in a debt restructuring. Slowing China's housing market is one of the many campaigns being waged by President Xi Jinping as he seeks to reduce the cost of raising a family and cut leverage in the financial system. Yet it is also one of the toughest goals to achieve given the vital importance of the sector to the economy - the industry accounts for almost 30 per cent of gross domestic output and 40 per cent of household assets. Data this month showed home sales by value dropped 20 per cent in August, while prices in the secondary market dropped for the first time since February last year. Concern is growing that the impact of such policies spiral out of control. China needs to ease pressure on indebted developers before the pain inflicted on Evergrande spreads too far and undermines the economy, Bank of America economists said earlier this month. Nomura Holdings sees property curbs accounting for more than half of China's growth slowdown in the second half of the year. While Beijing has multiple options to support property if needed - and some analysts say it is too early to reverse course - Citigroup says previous policies like loosening restrictions on second-time home buyers may not be effective. That is because of weaker demand and a more saturated market - in other words, plenty of people already have multiple homes and will not want another. The fallout would be most pronounced in global commodity markets, as well as emerging-world credit and currencies, according to Citigroup's simulation based on China's last severe property downturn in 2014. "We fear that the China slowdown will eventually have an impact on commodities, which are a key economic driver for many EM (emerging market) economies," wrote the Citigroup analysts. MORE ON THIS TOPIC Evergrande bondholders in limbo over debt resolution; its shares and bonds slide How China Evergrande's debt troubles pose a systemic risk Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth analyses and award-winning multimedia content Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month* for the first 3 months Subscribe Now * Terms and conditions apply Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. 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- Chinese housing giant unable to pay debts and could wreck global economy – www.nzherald.co.nz
- Evergrande begins repaying wealth product investors with property – www.reuters.com
- Evergrande is an economic time bomb for China and potentially Australia – www.news.com.au
- CK ASSET SELLING COMMERCIAL TOWER IN SHANGHAI’S JING AN DISTRICT TO HYSAN FOR $540M – www.mingtiandi.com
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- China's Nightmare Evergrande Scenario is an Uncontrolled Crash – www.bloomberg.com
- China’s nightmare Evergrande scenario is an uncontrolled crash – www.japantimes.co.jp
- A property titan in crisis: What went wrong at China’s Evergrande and what's next – www.channelnewsasia.com
- At unfinished Evergrande apartments in central China, buyers seek answers – finance.yahoo.com
- China’s embattled developer Evergrande is on the brink of default. Here’s why it matters – www.cnbc.com
- China’s nightmare Evergrande scenario is an uncontrolled crash – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- Why the Fate of Troubled Property Developer Evergrande Group Is Posing a Huge Headache for China – time.com
- China’s Property Problems Go Beyond Evergrande. Real Estate Stocks Take a Beating. – www.barrons.com
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- China Goes Cold Turkey on Property – www.wsj.com
- Growing Signs Suggest China May Launch Countrywide Property Tax – www.sixthtone.com
- China’s Property Curbs Send Economic Tremors – www.wsj.com
- Has China’s Housing Crisis Finally Arrived? – foreignpolicy.com
- Chinese land auction blunder undercuts Xi’s inequality crusade – www.ft.com
- Chinese property developer’s debt struggle rattles investors – apnews.com
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- Shenzhen homebuyers look forward to cheaper apartments after city lowers cap on land and home prices – www.scmp.com
- Where others fear to tread, China may succeed in cooling its property market – www.scmp.com
- China’s Educational Crackdown Hits Apartment Prices in Its Biggest Cities – www.wsj.com
- Chinese Developer Oceanwide Weighs Office Sale for $3 Billion – www.bloomberg.com
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- China's property bubble may be about to burst, and it could cost Australia dearly – www.abc.net.au
- Evergrande: China's fragile housing giant – today.rtl.lu
- Parkson pulls out of property development JV in China due to absence of suitable land – www.theedgemarkets.com
- Making housing healthy for common prosperity – global.chinadaily.com.cn
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- China seeks to cap rising home rents in latest equality move – www.straitstimes.com
- China to cap annual urban rent increases at 5 per cent to rein in runaway prices and make homes affordable to job seekers – www.scmp.com
- Dongguan upstages Shenzhen and richer cities with first joint-ownership plan to ease China’s housing market pain – www.scmp.com
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- Swire to turn Zhangyuan's shikumen cluster into Shanghai's Covent Garden or Omotesando in massive urban revival project – www.edgeprop.sg
- Evergrande Went From China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors – www.nytimes.com
- Why China Could Be Serious About a Property Tax Now – www.washingtonpost.com
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- China Real-Estate Investment Cooled in 1st Half – www.hellenicshippingnews.com
- China Home Price Growth slows Under Tougher Mortgage Borrowing – www.bloomberg.com
- China property investment growth slows in H1 – finance.yahoo.com
- China to order developers to disclose commercial paper debt every month: Sources – www.straitstimes.com
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- Beijing once again warns investors against betting on China's red-hot residential property market – www.edgeprop.sg
- Guangzhou property market hit by double whammy of tightened policies, outbreak of Covid-19's delta variant – www.edgeprop.sg
- As speculation is reined in, homes become costlier, but not by much – global.chinadaily.com.cn
- Beijing once again warns investors against betting on China's red-hot residential property market – www.edgeprop.sg
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- Shenzhen luxury home price growth beats Hong Kong, London, New York and Paris as China’s post Covid-19 economic surge continues – www.scmp.com
- Analysis: Why Alibaba ditched new property venture – asia.nikkei.com
- Analysis: Why Alibaba ditched new property venture – asia.nikkei.com
- Averaage new home prices in 100 Chinese cities rise slightly in April – www.steelorbis.com