More bad news for China’s property market. Not only is the People’s Daily quashing hopes for a real estate stimulus, but data from 42 of the country’s most significant cities is showing a declining trend for property sales in the first half of June.
Home sales from the 42 cities, monitored by China Confidential, fell 16 per cent in the first 15 days of the month from the same period in May. This followed some signs of recovery in May, when transactions rose 4 per cent month on month.
On a year on year basis, property unit sales fell 29 per cent, representing a deepening of the declining trend seen in May – when sales were down 14 per cent year on year – and in April, when sales were down 23 per cent.