The planned economy in China could lead to a cooling of the property market in certain cities, a Deutsche Bank report observed, pointing to a potential property bubble that might result in capital outflows. Earlier this month an HSBC report stated that China’s property bubble was more significant than the US sub-prime market in 2008. Central planners putting dampener on real estate market The Chinese central planners, seeing a hot property market in tier 1 and 2 cities since late September, have rolled out a series of government restrictions to influence market scales. The tightening measures include local purchase restrictions, raising…
China Looks To Cool Hot Real Estate Market
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.