China’s Land Sales Slump for 4th Month as Property Woes Intensify

China’s Land Sales Slump for 4th Month as Property Woes Intensify
A man rides a bicycle next to a construction site near residential buildings in Beijing, on Jan. 13, 2021. Tingshu Wang/Reuters
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BEIJING—The Chinese regime’s revenue from land sales slumped for a fourth month in October compared with year-ago levels, as cash-strapped developers moved cautiously on land buying after tighter regulatory curbs on new borrowing were established.

The value of government land sales in October declined 13.14 percent from a year earlier to $89.90 billion, after suffering a drop of 11.15 percent in September, according to Reuters calculations of data released by the finance ministry on Friday.