Beijing Further Loosens Home Buying Curbs in Non-Core Areas

Beijing's Tongzhou district.

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China’s capital city Beijing will allow families to buy one more home in non-core areas, as even the nation’s largest cities are buckling under the pressure of a record real estate downturn.

Households that reach current homeownership limits will be allowed to purchase another outside the fifth ring, according to a statement from the city’s housing commission.