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Media reports suggest rents were becoming cheaper in the southern tech hub, but not everyone agrees.

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Shanghai’s Real Estate Agents Are in Trouble. Buyers Don’t Mind.

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2021-12-24 09:49:02

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For years, developers sold unbuilt apartments to fund construction. When it goes wrong, buyers can w......

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China Plans to Expand Property Tax

The most expensive cities are likely to be included in a pilot tax scheme, experts say.

2021-10-25 09:57:47

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Growing Signs Suggest China May Launch Countrywide Property Tax

Experts say the levies could provide revenue for local governments to invest in public infrastructur......

2021-09-15 04:30:22

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School Blasted for Admissions Based on Students’ Apartment Size

Property prices in areas with top academic institutes in Heze are selling for more than the city’s a......

2021-09-06 08:16:21

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To Cool Real Estate Market, Shanghai Will Verify House Prices

All secondhand home listings now need government approval.

2021-07-12 09:32:45

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Hangzhou Housing Community Adds Pay-to-Use Elevators

The scheme is aimed at making elevator installation affordable for neighborhoods with elderly reside......

2021-05-19 11:24:37

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China Finds a Culprit for Runaway House Prices: Divorcing Couples

As Chinese cities try to cool red-hot property markets, many are targeting an unusual driver of dema......

2021-03-12 03:00:02

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Nanjing Wins Plaudits for Protecting Danke Renters, Immediately Backtracks

City authorities say they want to keep their plans for coping with fallout from the rental housing g......

2020-12-09 11:58:22

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Real Estate Firms Secretly Collecting Client Data Via Facial Recognition

Experts say it’s illegal for China’s housing agencies to gather biometric information without consen......

2020-11-25 08:01:37

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Danke Dismisses Bankruptcy Rumors, but Tenants Aren’t Buying It

Hundreds of people are lining up outside the rental housing company’s offices to recover their depos......

2020-11-18 11:04:26

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Hangzhou Bans Mandatory Facial Recognition in Residential Communities

The new provision also forbids community managers from selling residents’ information to third parti......

2020-10-29 10:33:14

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Migrant Workers’ Rights to Inherit the Family Farm Are Safe, Government Says

Legal clarification reaffirms that people who leave home to work in cities can resume control of the......

2020-10-23 05:20:46

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Rental Platform Ziroom Apologizes for Tenants’ Tainted Water

After a maintenance mistake during renovation, four residents of a Beijing apartment consumed treate......

2020-09-04 10:17:43

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Tianjin Cracks Down on Condos for the Dead

Resembling an ordinary apartment complex, Jing’an Cemetery had been operating as a popular but illeg......

2020-09-03 12:13:29

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Linfen residents had built the banquet hall out of cheaper, more lightweight construction materials,......

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