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Chinese property developer companies are taking big losses. In a start signal that the sector\u2019s correction period is far from over, Caixin Global has projected more than RMB 240 billion (about US $34 billion) in losses<\/a>. This is not a shock. These numbers follow several years of industry stress, but it does raise the question of how long this can continue<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s break down the numbers. Over 80% of projected losses sit with the ten worst-hit developers.<\/strong> Of those developers, Vanke (\u4e07\u79d1) leads the list, forecasting a record net loss of around RMB 82 billion (about US$11.7 billion). Other major loss-makers include China Fortune Land Development (\u534e\u590f\u5e78\u798f), Greenland Holdings (\u7eff\u5730\u63a7\u80a1), Overseas Chinese Town (\u534e\u4fa8\u57ce), and Gemdale (\u91d1\u5730\u96c6\u56e2). What we\u2019re seeing is that these large, formerly stable players are absorbing much of the damage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not all bad news. There is still profit in places, but the firms that do profit are a definite minority<\/a>. It\u2019s also worth noting that where companies do profit, those profits largely come from asset disposals, debt restructuring, or accounting adjustments. Core real estate sales remain weak.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese property developer losses: the how and the why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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So what does this say about China\u2019s property reset? All signs point to this downturn being structural, not cyclical.<\/strong> Policy changes have slowed the collapse but confidence in the sector could hardly be called soaring.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of this is down to excess supply in the wrong places. As China\u2019s construction market boomed, houses were thrown up aggressively, and often speculatively. This isn\u2019t a huge problem in big cities where demand for housing is high, but in lower-tier cities or rural areas, those speculation builds become cash tied up in assets \u2013 assets without demand.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

House prices fall due to low demand, which makes waiting to buy a rational decision. And so property developers are stuck. Often, looking for ways to free up their cash, they\u2019ll sell up at a loss. The era of growth-by-default is over, and the balance sheets show it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chinese property developer companies are taking big losses. In a start signal that the sector\u2019s correction period is far from over, Caixin Global has projected more than RMB 240 billion (about US $34 billion) in losses. This is not a shock. These numbers follow several years of industry stress, but it does raise the question […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-49431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-industries-real-estate","has-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nChinese property developer losses hit RMB 240bn amid downturn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chinese property developer losses hit big numbers amid deepening problems. 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