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- China's new home prices fell 0.2 percent in May, marking the 24th consecutive monthly drop across 70 major cities.
- This ongoing decline follows shrinking population, expectations of price declines, and waning effects of policy support aimed at reversing a five-year slump.
- Developer sales value dropped 2.8 percent from January to May 2025, while overall real estate investment fell 10.7 percent amid slowing construction starts and subdued buyer confidence.
- Lynn Song highlighted a renewed acceleration in housing price drops accompanied by a reduction in the number of cities showing price increases, while Goldman Sachs projected that urban housing demand will decline by half, reaching about 4.1 million units annually by 2030.
- These trends suggest the property market risks sliding backwards, with holders of investment properties likely to remain net sellers despite renewed government pledges to stabilize the sector.
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China’s Home Prices Decline for 24th Month Despite Policy Support
China’s official data showed on June 16 that new home prices fell in major Chinese cities in May, continuing a two-year-long trend of stagnation in the property sector. The ongoing housing slowdown is occurring at a time when a trade war with the United States is impacting China’s factory output. New residential property prices in China’s four first-tier cities fell by 0.2 percent in May compared to the previous month, while second-tier and thir…
China housing demand to stay at 75% below peak, Goldman says
China’s demand for new homes in cities is expected to stay at 75 per cent below its 2017 peak in the coming years due to a shrinking population and expectations of price declines that have been hurting investment interest, according to Goldman Sachs.
China Home Prices Decline at Steepest Pace in 7 Months - Mingtiandi
Home prices in China declined more quickly in May, as a prolonged housing slump continued to weigh on the world’s second-largest economy despite successive rounds of policy support measures. An index of new home prices in 70 major Chinese cities... Read More>> The post China Home Prices Decline at Steepest Pace in 7 Months appeared first on Mingtiandi.
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