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Oversupplied and overheated: China's housing policy dilemma
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Report summary
China's housing market has been booming in 2016. At the end of September, China launched its 'Housing 930' policy, a package of regulations aimed at cooling the overheated housing markets in major cities. But will the policy work as hoped? Is it possible to tackle the overheated market in major coastal cities, even though huge inventories remain in other parts of the country? More importantly, do changing housing policies threaten China’s economy?
Table of contents
- Market defies policy intentions
- The mismatch between land and people is the real problem
- More policy shocks to keep a close eye on?
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China real estate investmentFloor space sold, starts and completionsPre-sales and completions growth
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Urban residential completionsBeijing and Shanghai's land and population sharesHousing price and exchange rateUSA Purchasing Managers' IndicesEurozone Purchasing Managers' IndicesJapan Purchasing Managers' IndicesChina Purchasing Managers' IndicesIndustrial productionIndustrial production
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