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Persimmon Plc, the UK’s largest homebuilder, reported lower than expected home sales in the first half of the year as the company faced planning delays, materials and labour shortages.
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Persimmon Plc, the UK’s largest homebuilder, reported lower than expected home sales in the first half of the year as the company faced planning delays, materials and labour shortages.
UK house prices continued to shrug off cost of living fears in June, posting the biggest monthly rise since early 2007, according to Halifax.
Charlene Chu, famed among China watchers for warning about a debt bubble when at Fitch Ratings, says that pain is only just beginning for credit extended to Chinese property.
(Bloomberg) -- Signs are mounting that China’s economy shrank in the second quarter for the first time since 2020, placing the nation’s official statistics under fresh scrutiny as analysts bet the government will avoid acknowledging that slump.
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Jan 14, 2022
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,(Bloomberg) -- Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. has been downgraded to restricted default by Fitch Ratings after the Chinese developer completed what the credit risk assessor considers a distressed debt exchange.
The tender offer and consent solicitation were necessary for the company to avoid a default, according to a Fitch report Friday afternoon.
Guangzhou R&F bought back just 16% of a $725 million dollar bond which was originally due Thursday and extended the rest by six months, underscoring the company’s liquidity shortage. The company initially said it planned to set aside about $300 million for the bond repurchase before saying it had “materially less” money than expected to repurchase notes.
Cash Flow Concerns Hammer Developer Guangzhou R&F’s Bonds
Concerns about the firm -- whose businesses include property development, management and hotel services -- have flared in recent months. Prohibitively high borrowing costs for lower-rated builders like Guangzhou R&F have shut many developers out of the overseas credit market, making it effectively impossible to refinance their offshore bond obligations. That’s adding to property sector stress as sales across the nation slump.
Guangzhou R&F had not met any of the three metrics as of the first half of 2021, according to calculations by Bloomberg.
Separately, S&P Global Ratings downgraded unit R&F Properties HK Co. to selective default late Thursday, calling the debt extension a “distressed restructuring” and “tantamount to a default” because of the firm’s otherwise limited options to pay off the note.
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