BEIJING -- China has moved to bar housing construction in some areas in its latest attempt to shrink a mountain of unsold homes that is weighing on prices.
The new restrictions stop local authorities from selling land usage rights to developers in cities with unsold housing inventories that would take three years or more to clear -- a criterion that more than 40% of major cities meet.
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