Indebted China Developers Get Funding Relief as Bond Sales Soar
- Bond sales surged in June, July in sign of easing restrictions
- Developers have $17.6 billion offshore debt due by mid-2018
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China’s highly-leveraged property developers are taking advantage of easing bond-sale restrictions, offering a measure of funding relief as they face a slowing housing market and a wave of debt maturities in coming months.
Property companies sold 38.1 billion yuan ($5.6 billion) of domestic bonds in July, the most since October, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They raised a record $11.8 billion in offshore debt sales in June, returning to overseas markets after a two-month regulatory ban.