Residential buildings under construction at the Tao Yuan Tian Jing project, developed by China Evergrande Group, in Yangzhou, China, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.
Speculative bets that Chinese authorities will widen support for the property sector sent some of the country's ailing developers surging by the most on record.
A slump in China's property sector worsened in August, with deepening falls in new home prices, property investment and sales, despite a recent flurry of support measures, adding pressure to the world's second-largest economy.
For August, property investment fell for the 18th straight month, down 19.1% year-on-year from a 17.8% slump the previous month, separate data showed on Friday.
Home sales are down for the 26th consecutive month, according to Reuters calculations based on the data.
Persons:
Yuan Tian Jing
Organizations:
China Evergrande Group, National Bureau, Statistics
Locations:
Yangzhou, China, Beijing