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Regulators can’t tame the property market

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Property restrictions are working, but they are also not working.

That’s our takeaway from the most recent housing price data released by the stats bureau.

Basically, prices in Tier One cities are cratering. That’s because transactions in those cities have essentially been frozen via adm...