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Deep dive | Do new bank credit lines for developers signal the end of housing presales?

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Chinese property developers’ key funding model looks to be undergoing a major overhaul.

Specifically, recent regulatory moves indicate to us that officials are finally looking to dismantle the presales funding model that has sustained developers in recent years.
If we’re right, it could signal a hu...



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