THE FORECLOSURE and courtroom public sale of 87 flats within the southern metropolis of Changsha final month underlines lots of the issues with China’s property sector. The houses have been owned by one girl, flouting the controls that Changsha and different cities have on the variety of housing models city dwellers can purchase. The truth that one particular person was in a position to purchase so many highlights the backroom dealings that happen incessantly. Previously, such speculative exercise helped drive up costs and make China’s huge cities among the world’s most unaffordable. The scenario, which is below investigation, additionally exhibits how wealthy Chinese language usually have had few funding choices apart from residences. And even these investments now appear shoddy: a lot of the houses being auctioned in Changsha have gone unsold.