QTC: China – rate cuts no longer help property
The link between property sentiment in the PBC's depositor survey and interest rates isn't as close as for other real estate indicators. But the takeaway is still the same: property isn't reacting to rate cuts in the way it used to, even with mortgage rates in Q2 falling to new record lows.
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