Chinese city Zhengzhou tells state-owned company to buy second-hand homes to reduce new housing inventories
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s central city of Zhengzhou has asked residents to sell their second-hand homes to a local state-owned company and buy new ones instead, in a bid to reduce new-home inventories and boost the local property sector.
Local state state-owned company Zhengzhou Urban Development Group Co. will buy 500 second-hand homes from April 20 to June 30, according to a notice released by the Zhengzhou Real Estate Association on Monday.
Residents must buy a new home in the main urban area for a total price that is not less than the total price of the home they are selling, the notice said.
Most of China’s small and medium-sized cities have suffered frail property markets, with the entire property sector in a liquidity crisis since a crackdown on high leverage on developers in 2021.
In Zhengzhou, new home prices fell month-on-month for a 12th straight month in March, according to data from China’s statistics bureau on Tuesday.
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