China poised to solve its real estate inventory problem: JPMorgan

New York

AS Chinese equities start the year in free fall, one analyst has a counterintuitive call on what is perhaps the country's most feared sector: real estate.

While the China Developers Index is down roughly 35 per cent from its 2015 peak, China's shaky property market began a stretch of outperformance relative to the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index in the final two months of the year.