China Property Stocks Gauge Jumps on Proposal for Home Purchases
The shares of Chinese developers jumped on optimism that Beijing will provide policy support for the purchase of unsold homes from distressed builders.
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The shares of Chinese developers jumped on optimism that Beijing will provide policy support for the purchase of unsold homes from distressed builders.
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May 25, 2021
Bloomberg News
,Sales of new U.S. homes declined in April by more than forecast as higher prices continued to restrain demand.
Purchases of new single-family homes fell 5.9 per cent to a 863,000 annualized pace following a downwardly revised 917,000 in March, government data showed Tuesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 950,000 rate.
A jump in building materials costs is contributing to higher prices, a headwind for an otherwise robust housing market. While elevated prices are acting as brake on demand, mortgage rates near historic lows and elevated backlogs suggest steady residential construction gains in coming months that will help contribute to economic growth.
The median sales price rose 20.1 per cent to US$372,400 from a year earlier. There were 316,000 new homes for sale in April, the most in a year. At the current sales pace, it would take 4.4 months to exhaust the supply of new homes, compared with 4 months in March.
Separate figures on Tuesday showed nationwide home prices soared in March by the most since 2005. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index of property values jumped 13.2 per cent from the same month last year.
The number of homes sold in April and awaiting the start of construction -- a measure of backlogs -- increased 16.5 per cent from a month earlier, Tuesday’s report showed. Builders have been constrained by supply-chain challenges and rising materials costs in recent months.
Supply shortages help explain why construction of new homes fell 9.5 per cent in April, a separate report last week showed.