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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

Top Chinese developer’s financial woes cast shadow over Australian property market

The Wilton Greens housing estate in Sydney's south-west
The Wilton Greens estate in Sydney's south-west is being built by a subsidiary of Country Garden, one of several developers based in China who have scaled back Australian plans recently. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

The financial problems of one of China’s biggest property companies, Country Garden, could reverberate in the Australian property market, where its subsidiary Risland Australia is developing two massive housing estates on the fringes of Sydney and Melbourne.

Delays in the projects or a corporate failure would have significant impacts on the amount of new housing coming on to the market during a dire affordability crisis.

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