Buy a Flat, Get a Free Porsche as China Developers Rush to Sell
From bloomberg.com
China’s debt-riddled developers are turning to incentives like luxury cars as they rush to shed an inventory of unsold homes about seven times the size of Manhattan. Hopson Development Holdings Ltd. in May offered a free Porsche or discounts of as much as 11 percent to the first 30 buyers of apartments in a complex in southern China. Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. is letting homebuyers cancel purchases and get all their money back any time before they move into their flats. Such offers underscore the urgency among developers as they seize on a nascent rebound in sales and prices to generate cash and reduce record ...
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