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China's Divergent Housing Markets Pose Challenges, Minister Says

  • Housing minister says unsold stock mainly in smaller cities
  • Migrants have ‘huge potential’ to buy homes, minister says

Housing and Urban-rural Development Minister Chen Zhenggao.

Photographer: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s top housing official has warned that the nation’s severely divergent housing markets are posing challenges to government regulations, after stimulus intended to boost sluggish real estate investment led to a home-buying frenzy in first-tier cities.

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