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Policy advisors urge greater central government involvement in reducing excess housing stock

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Several policy advisors have recently called on central authorities to take a direct hand in local property buybacks.
ICYDK: Under authorities’ latest property rescue scheme, commercial banks provide low-cost financing to local state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to purchase and convert unsold properties...



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