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BEIJING – Country Garden Holdings’ sales slump dragged on in July, adding to the Chinese developer’s woes as it tries to avoid liquidation. Contracted sales for July dropped 72 per cent from a year earlier to 3.4 billion yuan (S$630 million), following a 73 per cent slide in June, corporate filings show. The tally was 21 per cent lower from the previous month.

The distressed real estate giant is counting on a turnaround in sales to increase its survival chances, as it fights a winding-up petition in a Hong Kong court following its 2023 default. Last week, it was given more time to work on an offshore debt-restructuring plan when the case was adjourned to January.

“Buyers’ concerns around Country Garden’s liquidity mean they are likely to avoid its projects until fully completed,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Kristy Hung said on Aug 1.

Country Garden’s month-on-month decline in home sales is smaller than the 36 per cent slide at the 100 biggest real estate companies tracked by China Real Estate Information.

A recent rescue package has failed to revive China’s housing market, which remains a major drag on economic growth. In June, new home prices fell at close to the fastest pace in almost a decade, giving people less reason to invest in property. BLOOMBERG