China property sales pop

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No surprise here. The same thing followed the May stimulus.

China’s latest steps to revive the housing market have had an immediate impact, judging from reports of brisk sales and buyer interest during the nation’s week-long holiday. Whether the rebound will be sustained is another matter.

In cities with residential projects running promotions, visits by prospective homebuyers climbed at least 50% from a year earlier, CCTV news reported, citing the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. About 130 cities across 20 provinces have rolled out various perks to entice buyers.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.