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China’s Problem With Unfinished Homes Keeps Getting Bigger

Authorities have set aside billions of dollars to help developers complete apartments that were already sold, but the logjam is growing

Updated Nov. 19, 2023 12:01 am ET

There are 20 million units of uncompleted and delayed presold homes across China, according to one estimate. Photo: Bloomberg News

China’s housing market has a big problem: millions of unfinished homes that were sold but not delivered.

Solving that is crucial for a recovery, but the problem keeps getting bigger. More property developers are defaulting on their debt and adding to the logjam of construction delays and stalled residential developments across the country. 

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