China’s Fast-Cooling Property Sector ‘Plunged Into Misery’: Expert

China’s Fast-Cooling Property Sector ‘Plunged Into Misery’: Expert
A construction worker rests near a building in the new Yujiapu financial district in Tianjin, northern China on May 14, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
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Regulators found China’s fast-cooling property sector is in a dilemma and looking for a way out, said China observers, as cash-strapped builders default on their debt and sales plunge.

As the peak season for home sales faded, sales fell in both new and resale homes overturning everything that Chinese people know as “Golden September and Silver October”—the two months that traditionally have upbeat property sales.

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