China Eases Mortgage Rules in Latest Push to Aid Property Sector

Beijing has eased mortgage rules and urged local governments to buy unsold houses in some of policy makers' boldest moves yet to revive the property sector. Financial regulators said Friday that they

Dow Jones02:18 ET

China Property Stocks Rally as More Cities Unveil Rescue Steps

By Jiahui Huang Shares of Chinese property developers surged on rising expectations that government entities in China are moving to help buy up excess housing in a bid to revive the struggling real-es

WSJMay 16 02:03 ET

China May Need Large-Scale Funding to Lower Housing Inventories

China may need to spend at least CNY3-4 trillion in order to "meaningfully lower" the country's primary housing inventory to a healthy level, Morgan Stanley analysts write in a note. The market is for

WSJMay 14 04:22 ET

China's Investment, Consumption and Industrial Output Likely Improved in April, Poll Says

China's investment, consumption and industrial output may have grown at a faster pace in April from a month earlier, as Beijing stepped up efforts to spur growth, according to a poll of 15 economists

Dow JonesMay 13 03:20 ET

Open Source Securities: Dividend Tax Relief Expectations Catalyze Surge, Focus on Policy α and Recovery Cycle Beta Opportunities

Open Source Securities believes that the valuation of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is highly correlated with market activity, and that the valuation of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has a self-strengthening effect during the phase of increasing trading activity.

Zhitong FinanceMay 11 04:02 ET

Hong Kong Shares Hit Nine-Month High on Report of Regulators Weighing Dividend Tax Waiver

By Sherry Qin Hong Kong stocks climbed to their highest level in nine months after a media report that China is considering exempting individual investors from paying dividend taxes on Hong Kong stock

WSJMay 10 04:43 ET