No. 343, Nov. 26(4)

Real Estate Firms Lining Up To List
From Property, page 37
At least nine real estate firms from the Pearl River Delta region are applying to list on the Hong Kong Exchange. China's real estate firms are facing increasing regulation on credit and investment, and a mainland listing would require involve an extremely rigorous process. But rapid growth in the industry has left many firms with profits that would meet listing requirements elsewhere. The firms are simultaneously considering other fundraising options as well.
Original article: [Chinese]

Beijing's Low-rent Housing Not a Cure-all
From Property, page 39
Beijing has unveiled its latest pilot low-rent housing project in Xuanwuqu district in the south of the city, but as one applicant has found out, the housing choices are not as desireable as once imagined. The unusually cramped and bare units are hard to compare to the larger, furnished, and immediately livable spaces established in 2004 under Beijing's first low-rent communities elsewhere in the city.
Full article in English translation coming soon…
Original article: [Chinese]