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“Zero Covid”: the strategic real estate sector is slowing down again in China

2022-08-01T16:29:06.806Z


DECRYPTION - Real estate sales fall in a context of sluggish economic activity, restrained by anti-Covid measures.


The situation of the real estate sector is not improving in China.

The total area of ​​homes sold in 17 major cities fell 33.4 percent in July from June, China Index Academy said.

Housing prices


are stable or down slightly, adds the Shanghai-based real estate data provider.

Evergrande, former number one in Chinese real estate, on the verge of bankruptcy for more than a year, has also not kept its commitments.

It was to present, before July 31, a plan to restructure its 300 billion dollars of debt, of which around 20 billion are held by international investors.

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Evergrande mentioned the use of capital from its foreign subsidiaries to repay bondholders without giving concrete indications.

On Monday, the real estate group indicated that, to compensate for the non-reimbursement of a loan by one of its subsidiaries, it would have to pay 1.3 billion dollars (1.27 billion euros) in shares that it …

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Source: lefigaro

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