Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst, Real Estate Foresight

Robert Ciemniak

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst

Real Estate Foresight

Since 2012, REF has been helping investors with market research, project due diligence, and strategy development. This has ranged from detailed assessments and estimates on distressed developers' project portfolios to market due diligence on specific projects to macro-level questions linked to demand for commodities. The unique combination of the housing markets and developer data from data partner China Index Academy in Beijing, primary research, and technology-powered alternative data collection from public sources result in a valuable content set used in REF analytics and reports.

Predictive Analytics for China Property

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<li>Today's NBS data for December points to further weakness in the housing market year-to-date year-on-year while turning less negative on most indicators on a 12M rolling basis</li>
<li>But the main caveat persists - the 2022 data (March-December) continued to be revised down (officially) for some key metrics like new home sales</li>
<li>Land sales /acquisitions figures, however, show a clear improvement on multiple (non-NBS) metrics, especially for major 13 developers </li>
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Today's NBS data for December points to further weakness in the housing market year-to-date year-on-year while turning less negative on most indicators on a 12M rolling basis
But the main caveat persists - the 2022 data (March-December) continued to be revised down (officially) for some key metrics like new home sales
Land sales /acquisitions figures, however, show a clear improvement on multiple (non-NBS) metrics, especially for major 13 developers 


China Property - Today's NBS Macro-Property Data for December 2023

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<li>China's Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) data shows a spike in December, though 2023 still ended with a lower PSL increase than 2022</li>
<li>The latest increase is seen by some as a signal of support ultimately for the property sector, though we think this is very different from the 2014-2015 stimulus</li>
<li>The previous increases in 2022 were associated with support for the completion of unfinished development projects, and in 2014-2018, with shantytown renovation schemes, incl. "monetarization"</li>
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China's Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) data shows a spike in December, though 2023 still ended with a lower PSL increase than 2022
The latest increase is seen by some as a signal of support ultimately for the property sector, though we think this is very different from the 2014-2015 stimulus
The previous increases in 2022 were associated with support for the completion of unfinished development projects, and in 2014-2018, with shantytown renovation schemes, incl. "monetarization"


China Macro-Property: The Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) December 2023 Spike In Context

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<li>This note is a weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress</li>
<li>We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news ('local signals'), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market</li>
<li>We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources</li>
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This note is a weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress
We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news ('local signals'), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market
We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources


China Property Developers In Distress - Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | Dec 29 -Jan 4, 2024

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<li>The weekly new home sales data indicates a smaller pace of decline for the select 16 major cities with consistent data towards the year-end.</li>
<li>Xi'an stands out as an outperformer. Recent policy easing in Beijing and Shanghai may not be fully reflected in the data yet.</li>
<li>The small-sample weekly data serves as a good directional indicator as to what to expect in the national figures for the same month (published in the middle of next month).</li>
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The weekly new home sales data indicates a smaller pace of decline for the select 16 major cities with consistent data towards the year-end.
Xi'an stands out as an outperformer. Recent policy easing in Beijing and Shanghai may not be fully reflected in the data yet.
The small-sample weekly data serves as a good directional indicator as to what to expect in the national figures for the same month (published in the middle of next month).


China Property - New Home Sales Growth Less Negative (16 Cities) To Week Ending Dec 24

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<li>The latest China housing metrics remain weak, 'less negative' by some 12M measures, in line with our forecast from December 2022 data, but watch out for some major data twists</li>
<li>The expanding easing of policies is still far from a major stimulus, and the ‘whitelist’ to support certain developers indicates a selective approach by the policymakers, focused on "risk prevention"</li>
<li>The market for new home sales (mostly pre-sales) diverges from the secondary market, and the policy steers toward affordable housing, public facilities, urban village renovation</li>
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The latest China housing metrics remain weak, 'less negative' by some 12M measures, in line with our forecast from December 2022 data, but watch out for some major data twists
The expanding easing of policies is still far from a major stimulus, and the ‘whitelist’ to support certain developers indicates a selective approach by the policymakers, focused on "risk prevention"
The market for new home sales (mostly pre-sales) diverges from the secondary market, and the policy steers toward affordable housing, public facilities, urban village renovation


China Property - The Latest Signals In The Housing Markets, Data Caveats | December 2023

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Robert Ciemniak

China Property - New Home Sales Growth Less Negative (16 Cities) To Week Ending Dec 24

China Property: The weekly new home sales data indicates a smaller pace of decline for the select 16 major cities with consistent data towards the...

Robert Ciemniak

China Property - The Latest Signals In The Housing Markets, Data Caveats | December 2023

What's the latest with China's housing markets and what data caveats to watch for? In this note, we draw on the range of data metrics and our...

Robert Ciemniak

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