China Evergrande Group last traded on the Hong Kong exchange on March 18, 2022 at 1.65 Hong Kong dollars ($0.13) per share, before being suspended on March 21.
The company also posted a loss of 39.25 billion yuan ($5.38 billion) for the six months ended June, with total liabilities of 2.39 trillion yuan.
I’m sorry, but you’re not buying real estate.
The government owns it, you’re buying a 99 year lease (at best) that the government might revoke at any time for any reason (such as they feel like it).
There is nowhere in china to safely invest money, that’s the point of china.
The quibbling detail does not change the larger macroeconomic picture.
If you’re in China the stock market is incredibly volatile. Buying property is the “safe bet” so everyone does it, often saving aggressively to buy.
80% of urban households own, 20% own a second home as well.
It doesn’t matter what the legal details are, in a broad sense the multi trillion dollar real estate industry going broke in a country that only invests in real estate is everyone’s problem.