China stocks end up as energy offsets fresh property curbs

SHANGHAI, March 20 (Reuters) - China stocks recouped earlier losses to end slightly higher on Monday, as strong gains in energy stocks offset weakness in developers following fresh measures to cool the property market. The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai Housing Bubble No Match For New York's

Shanghai’s average salary per month is 7,108 yuan ($1,135) or 85,300 yuan a year. That puts local property in Shanghai at about 9 times median salaries in the city. Not bad. Let’s compare that to New York, where the median income is around $52,000 a ... ( read original story ...)

Hangzhou latest Chinese city to expand property curbs

BEIJING Hangzhou, in China's prosperous Zhejiang province near Shanghai, said on Thursday it would stop non-residents buying a second home there, as large cities step up their fight against property speculators. From March 3, residents of Hangzhou will not ... ( read original story ...)