China-listed developers with 100bn yuan in 1st-half sales dwindle to 5
HONG KONG -- The Chinese Communist Party's long-awaited third plenum wrapped up this week without producing clear and immediate relief for the country's ailing property sector -- troubles illustrated by the latest data on developers' dwindling contracted sales.
Contracted sales are a core source of revenue that mainland developers need to fund their projects and, more crucially under the circumstances, service their mounting debts.