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Chinese state-owned developers and local governments have taken over some stalled projects under a government-run "guarantee home delivery" policy.

https://www.reuters.com/business/uneven-path-finish-evergrandes-abandoned-housing-chinese-city-2024-02-02/
RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them] - 4w

“We seem to have no way of resolving this issue," said a 38-year-old Shijiazhuang resident, who bought two still-unfinished units for more than $350,000 in 2017 and who asked not to be named.

The Shijiazhuang resident waiting for work to resume on the Central Plaza project said buying a new apartment in China was just too risky. He regrets not putting the money he committed to the project to buy a property in Tokyo or Osaka.

So is it just petty bourgeois that got fucked the most here? Homes as retirement/investment vehicles? Are these landlords? What's the deal here?

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 4w

There was a bunch of property speculation happening with well off people before the bubble was popped.

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chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them] - 4w

guarantee home delivery

This must be the collapse people have been predicting for over a decade.

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