Unworkable housing math prolongs crisis


Troubled market: Residential buildings under construction in Hangzhou, China. The country is reported to have 382 million sq m of excess housing inventory. — AFP

Beijing: In May, China’s central government urged more than 200 cities to buy unsold homes to ease oversupply.

More than three months later, only 29 have heeded the call.

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