The global tremors are only just starting - slump triggered by borrowing-cost hikes wiped trillion off office property values

Regulators and the market are nervous that this logjam could be concealing large, unrealised losses. — Bloomberg

CHINESE investors and their creditors are putting up “For Sale” signs on real estate holdings across the globe as the need to raise cash amid a deepening property crisis at home trumps the risks of offloading into a falling market.

The prices they get will help finally put hard numbers on just how much trouble the wider industry is in.