{"id":165571,"date":"2025-11-23T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sellers-hope-superstition-can-sell-homes-in-chinas-depressed-market\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:16:47","slug":"sellers-hope-superstition-can-sell-homes-in-chinas-depressed-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sellers-hope-superstition-can-sell-homes-in-chinas-depressed-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Sellers hope superstition can sell homes in China\u2019s depressed market"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFor homeowners in mainland China, selling a property has become so difficult that some are turning to xuanxue, a neo-Taoist philosophy that has morphed into internet slang for any superstitious ritual meant to enhance luck, from feng shui tweaks to cyber talismans.
\nPraying in temples, buying \u2018quick-sale\u2019 talismans, or simply writing the word \u201csold\u201d on a piece of red paper are just a few examples.
\nWhen a homeowner in Shanghai recently claimed on social media that she found a buyer after praying…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Sellers hope superstition can sell homes in China\u2019s depressed market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For homeowners in mainland China, selling a property has become so difficult that some are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-H4v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136636,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-steps-up-regulation-of-real-estate-agents-as-lived-in-homes-market-shows-signs-of-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":165571,"position":0},"title":"China steps up regulation of real estate agents as lived-in homes market shows signs of recovery","date":"May 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r China\u2019s housing authorities and market regulators said in a notice that real estate agents should lower their commission fees \u201creasonably\u201d based on the principle of \u201cthe higher the transaction amount, the lower the commission rate\u201d and guide both sellers and buyers to share the fees.\r \r Source : South\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":123557,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinas-depressed-land-market-offers-buying-opportunity-for-hong-kong-developer-hkr-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":165571,"position":1},"title":"China\u2019s depressed land market offers buying opportunity for Hong Kong developer HKR International","date":"December 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The debt crisis affecting Chinese developers, which has reduced the bidding frenzy at land auctions in the mainland, has given a Hong Kong property firm an opportunity to acquire a prime parcel.On Tuesday, Hong Kong conglomerate HKR International won a prime residential site in Shanghai with a bid of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140875,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinas-home-developers-suffer-further-sales-skid-to-end-miserable-2023-as-2024-offers-slim-hope-amid-depressed-demand\/","url_meta":{"origin":165571,"position":2},"title":"China\u2019s home developers suffer further sales skid to end miserable 2023, as 2024 offers slim hope amid depressed demand","date":"January 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A downward trend in home sales accelerated in December as discounts and easing measures failed to spark demand.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...China\u2019s home developers suffer further sales skid to end miserable 2023, as 2024 offers slim hope amid depressed demand","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93111,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-chinas-developers-sell-fewer-homes-as-beijing-pays-less-for-resettlement\/","url_meta":{"origin":165571,"position":3},"title":"Will China\u2019s developers sell fewer homes as Beijing pays less for resettlement?","date":"July 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r China\u2019s property developers which benefitted from selling homes to buyers resettled from shanty towns after Beijing capped mortgage lending and price increases may have hit the wall as authorities cut relocation compensation in the ongoing drive to stem overheating. 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