China
Property developers drive Chinese share market lower
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks dropped slightly Wednesday, pulled down by property stocks amid concern the government will not anytime soon ease its tightening measures aimed at curbing soaring house prices.
AgBank Halted Loans To Real Estate FirmsTODD SHRIBER China Vestor 30.08.2010 | China Housing Market Seen Bottoming Out, New Property Tax “Inevitable”Russell Flannery Fprbes 30.08.2010 |
 August 30, 2010 (Chinavestor) Agricultural Bank of China (HKG:1288), China's third-largest bank by assets, said that stopped making loans to property firms last Tuesday in a bid to temper China's soaring growth in property development lending. The bank said it will not make such measures a permanent fixture. |  Investor worries that the government may further tighten China’s real market have cast a cloud over the country’s property stocks. Media reported this weekend that authorities consider prices to be too high, and are considering imposing new pilot real estate taxes in Shanghai and Chongqing. |
Stocks to remain in black China Daily 30.08.2010 | Lenders to closely monitor property loans China Daily 27.08.2010 |
 The upward momentum of the Chinese stock market is likely to continue despite volatile trading last week amid renewed worries of the government's tightening moves in the property market, analysts said. |  BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- State-owned Chinese banks on Thursday said they have not suspended lending to realtors, but would monitor such exposure closely to avoid future problems. |
China mulls more real estate regulations to curb speculationAndrew Batt Property Report 26.08.2010 | Beijing's luxury home prices down, thanks to new regulationsShen Jingting China Daily 02.05.2010 |
 A new round of housing market regulations in China may be just around the corner as both central and local governments have recently attempted to strengthen control over the real estate market on several occasions, according to experts. |  Uncertainty about Beijing's luxury residential market has led speculators to step aside and caused some overseas owners to be anxious about their property assets. |
China property bonds flying, but risks lurkLee Chyen Yee and Jun Ebias Reuters 28.04.2010 | New Steps by China to Contain Real Estate Prices The New York Times 28.04.2010 |
 China's developers have been aggressively issuing U.S. dollar bonds this year, with the pace likely to quicken as they take advantage of low funding costs overseas and in anticipation of tighter monetary policy at home. |  China is expected to impose a moratorium on share issues by real estate companies in mainland markets as part of a broader campaign to rein in rising property prices, state media said Wednesday, potentially blocking $16.1 billion in capital-raising. |
| Get each new article from Estates Report | |
| Get each new article from China |
