China Property Prices Gain 9.3%, Add to Concerns of More Curbs

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China’s property prices rose 9.3 percent in August from a year earlier, signaling officials may extend a crackdown on speculators and multiple home purchases.

Average prices in 70 major cities were unchanged from a month earlier. Transactions rose last month, the statistics bureau’s newspaper, China Information News, reported today.