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China Looks To Cool Hot Real Estate Market

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Mark Melin
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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.

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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 mortgage down payment ratios, and tightening developers’ financing, the October 21...

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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.