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Ignoring the Dubai Crisis and Bubble Concerns, Chinese SOEs Continue Playing "Land King"

Although the debt crisis triggered by Dubai's real estate development has prompted domestic concerns over asset bubbles and the quality of credit, China "Land King" state-owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to run rampant in the real estate markets.

Dubai;house market;SOE and land king December 7th,2009

China's Land Being Oversold to Hoarding Developers

Enough land for the next couple of generations of development has been sold or is now being hoarded. For real estate companies, land reserve are seen as a safeguard for their sustainable development.

October 11st,2009

Real Estate Development and Investment Expected to Grow

Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that nationwide new construction area in the first eight months totaled 631 million square meters, and that new construction area in August was up 14% over the previous month, the only month-on-month increase in August since 2000.

September 24th,2009

200 Billion Yuan Insurers' Fund Eyes Real Estate Investment

A new Insurance Law is slated to come into effect on October 1, and related regulations on real estate and unlisted equity investment by insurance funds will also be introduced, maybe in October. Since last February, the newly revised Insurance Law allows insurance funds to invest in real estate for the first time. Prior to that, insurance funds could enter the real estate only under the name of "using for themselves."

September 24th,2009

Cash Rich SOEs Pushing Real Estate Bubble Ever Higher

September 11st,2009

Chinese Real Estate Enters a Twilight Zone

In this land purchasing boom, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) get in before private enterprises, buying up land at very high prices, and there are questions whether SOEs possess sufficient risk control.

August 30th,2009

Crazy Housing Prices May be Coming down Again

Although housing prices are still moving up, volume slowed in July. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buyers seem to be retreating back into their "watch and wait" mode.

August 9th,2009

Land Prices High? Ask Local Governments Why

In the first 10 days of July, land transference fees in Beijing totaled about 8 billion yuan, and the government netted nearly 5 billion yuan, accounting for 62% of the total and 500 million yuan a day on average.

August 5th,2009

Real Estate Developers, Strapped for Cash, Resort to "Irregular" Tactics

Behind the "boom" of the housing market are irregular behaviors such as getting bank loans by cheating and making fake housing purchasing contracts.

July 28th,2009

China's Real Estate Party Heading for a Painful Morning-After

That the real estate market party is bubbling, and that the bubble is not sustainable, is not a mystery. The only question is when the dawn will come to greet the revelers and how bad the hangover is going to be.

July 20th,2009