Chinese Homebuyers Across 22 Cities Refuse to Pay Mortgages
- Home loan payment halts may cause $83 billion of bad debt
- China Construction Bank, Postal Bank, ICBC may be more exposed
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Across China, homebuyers are refusing to pay mortgages as property developers drag on construction projects, escalating the country’s real estate crisis and risks of bad debt for banks.
Buyers of 35 projects across 22 cities have decided to stop paying mortgages as of July 12 due to project delays and a drop in real estate prices, Citigroup Inc. analysts led by Griffin Chan wrote in a research report distributed on Wednesday.