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ByteDance Establishes New Offline Real Estate Agent Brand

TikTok parent company ByteDance has made many prior moves into the real estate business. It intends to build a brand in the field named "Qiuhe Real Estate" for the western region of China.

ByteDance Launches Real Estate and Home Decoration Services

ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, has recently launched an offline real estate agency called "Xiaomai" for the Chinese market, opening several related stores in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

Ziroom Lays Off 20% of HQ Staff, Property Count Falls by Nearly 150K

Ziroom, a home rental platform based in Beijing, is reportedly conducting layoffs of around 20% of staff at its headquarters.

KE Holdings Completes Internal Review, Breaks down Short-seller’s Report

KE Holdings, an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services, provided on Friday an update on the status of its internal review that aims to clarify the report released by a short-seller firm.

Tencent-Backed Beike Shows Strong Performance for Fiscal 2020

Beike, a housing transaction and services platform listed on the New York Stock Exchange, published its unaudited financial result for the fiscal year 2020 on Monday.

Tencent-backed Real Estate Service Platform Operator Ke Holdings Targets $1B US Listing on July 24

China’s housing rental transaction service platform operator Ke Holdings has filed a preliminary prospectus for a U.S. initial public offering on July 24, aiming to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “BEKE”.

How to Rent An Apartment in China: Popular Rental Platforms 2020

Renting an apartment in China is not that hard. There are a variety of online rental platforms providing customized services to both Chinese and foreign tenants.

Chinese Cities Introduce ‘Relaxed’ Policies to Stabilize Stagnating Real Estate Market

As the COVID-19 outbreak left many Chinese families struggling to pay their rents and mortgages, several cities introduced “relaxed” home purchase policies to alleviate people’s burden and reanimate the stagnating real estate market.

Chinese Online Real Estate Platform Beike Rumored to Seek IPO Next Year

According to Bloomberg, the Chinese real estate platform Beike Zhaofang (Beike), has been working with a consultant on a potential IPO and may complete its listing as soon as 2020.

China’s Diverging Housing Market— Massive Price Gap Between Cities Up To A Thousand Times

For average working professionals in Beijing, Shanghai, or Hong Kong, buying a place for themselves would be a mission impossible.

Chinese Internet Giants Are Targeting Housing Rental Market

For the vast number of migrants in China, house rental has been a hard issue. House purchase is faced with many policy constraints and the price is too high to afford the house. So for them, renting seems to be the only option available. For the vast number of migrants in China, house rental has […]

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