Chinese homebuyers call 'mortgage strike' over unfinished projects

Debt-saddled developers left scores of presold housing complexes incomplete

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An unfinished housing project in Hubei Province's Huangshi City. Tens of thousands of home buyers across Chinese say they will refuse to pay their mortgages until developers complete unfinished housing complexes (Photo by Yusuke Hinata) 

CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Tens of thousands of Chinese homebuyers are threatening to stop paying mortgages on scores of unfinished housing projects, raising "huge risks" for banks and the country's debt-saddled property developers.

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