China real estate developers face insolvency risk if property values tumble

Housing market slump weighs on unfinished projects stuck on balance sheets

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Work has stopped on this partly built outlet mall in China's Anhui province. (Photo by Noriyuki Doi)

NORIYUKI DOI, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- The combined assets of China's largest real estate companies would fall below total liabilities if the value of their properties yet to be completed declines by a third, figures compiled by Nikkei show.

The top 10 developers by sales, plus the restructuring China Evergrande Group, had 6.35 trillion yuan ($875 billion) in properties under development at the end of June -- a category that encompasses land for which the companies have usage rights and condominiums still under construction.

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