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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/ke-holdings-inc">KE Holdings </a>is the definitive market leader in China's real estate brokerage industry, leveraging its integrated online-offline platform and proprietary Agent Cooperation Network (ACN) to create a significant competitive moat.</li>
 <li>The company is navigating a challenging macroeconomic environment and a sluggish Chinese property market by strategically shifting its focus from aggressive expansion to enhancing operational efficiency and profitability, as evidenced by recent margin improvements despite revenue declines.</li>
 <li>Growth in emerging business segments, particularly home renovation and rentals, presents a key long-term opportunity for diversification and margin expansion, reducing reliance on the cyclical new and existing home transaction markets.</li>
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KE Holdings is the definitive market leader in China's real estate brokerage industry, leveraging its integrated online-offline platform and proprietary Agent Cooperation Network (ACN) to create a significant competitive moat.
  The company is navigating a challenging macroeconomic environment and a sluggish Chinese property market by strategically shifting its focus from aggressive expansion to enhancing operational efficiency and profitability, as evidenced by recent margin improvements despite revenue declines.
  Growth in emerging business segments, particularly home renovation and rentals, presents a key long-term opportunity for diversification and margin expansion, reducing reliance on the cyclical new and existing home transaction markets.
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Primer: KE Holdings  (BEKE US) - Aug 2026

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst, Real Estate Foresight

Robert Ciemniak

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst

Real Estate Foresight

Since 2012, REF has been helping investors with market research, project due diligence, and strategy development. This has ranged from detailed assessments and estimates on distressed developers' project portfolios to market due diligence on specific projects to macro-level questions linked to demand for commodities. The unique combination of the housing markets and developer data from data partner China Index Academy in Beijing, primary research, and technology-powered alternative data collection from public sources result in a valuable content set used in REF analytics and reports.

Predictive Analytics for China Property

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<li>With full June and some July 2026 data, we take a look at where things stand in China's housing markets and compare with expectations from the end of 2025.</li>
<li>The primary and secondary markets are now framed as one, the 'Support not Stimulus' policy theme continues, with city-level differences; in contrast to the mainland, the Hong Kong rebound continues. </li>
<li>The new REF China Housing Sentiment Index has deteriorated recently but remains in an upward trend.</li>
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With full June and some July 2026 data, we take a look at where things stand in China's housing markets and compare with expectations from the end of 2025.
The primary and secondary markets are now framed as one, the 'Support not Stimulus' policy theme continues, with city-level differences; in contrast to the mainland, the Hong Kong rebound continues. 
The new REF China Housing Sentiment Index has deteriorated recently but remains in an upward trend.


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<li>In this note, we look at the issue of new homes that were pre-sold by developers but not yet delivered as developers struggled financially.</li>
<li>The estimates of the scale of the problem are wide, and many are rooted in likely misinterpretation of the official data.</li>
<li>The scale of the true problem is likely much smaller than most estimates and there are new indicators suggesting so.</li>
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In this note, we look at the issue of new homes that were pre-sold by developers but not yet delivered as developers struggled financially.
The estimates of the scale of the problem are wide, and many are rooted in likely misinterpretation of the official data.
The scale of the true problem is likely much smaller than most estimates and there are new indicators suggesting so.


China Property - Is The Delivery Of New Homes (Pre-Sold Pre-2022) Problem Solved?

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>With consumption in the doldrums, one would expect none growing at double digits. This is actually not the case; </li>
<li>Further, how many Chinese Growth Equity names are accelerating in growth in the second half? Quite a lot;</li>
<li>We reiterate our view that Chinese Internet names are took-all winners with strong pricing power, which are showing when they need to. The weak market sentiment is self-fulfilling.</li>
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With consumption in the doldrums, one would expect none growing at double digits. This is actually not the case; 
Further, how many Chinese Growth Equity names are accelerating in growth in the second half? Quite a lot;
We reiterate our view that Chinese Internet names are took-all winners with strong pricing power, which are showing when they need to. The weak market sentiment is self-fulfilling.


How Many Chinese Growth Equity Names Are Growing at Double Digits?

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>China’s destocking scheme showed encouraging progress, with Guangzhou announcing to purchase developers’ unsold inventory at cost prices, which could serve as an example for other cities. We think the scheme currently may only benefit SOEs/semi-SOEs as LGFVs may need to divest their financing function at first.</li><li>A number of regions actively implemented mortgage rate related policies after 17 May, and we think there is still room for further adjustment in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.</li><li>Noticeable recovery on property sales was shown with the daily transaction volume post-517 policy for new/second hand home increasing by 23%/21% compared to pre-517 policy. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China’s destocking scheme showed encouraging progress, with Guangzhou announcing to purchase developers’ unsold inventory at cost prices, which could serve as an example for other cities. We think the scheme currently may only benefit SOEs/semi-SOEs as LGFVs may need to divest their financing function at first.A number of regions actively implemented mortgage rate related policies after 17 May, and we think there is still room for further adjustment in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.Noticeable recovery on property sales was shown with the daily transaction volume post-517 policy for new/second hand home increasing by 23%/21% compared to pre-517 policy. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Property - Encouraging Signs on Both Policy Implementation and Property Sales, Reiterate Buy

China

KE Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services. The Company offers existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation, real estate financial solutions, and other services. KE Holdings conducts businesses in China.

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KE Holdings (BEKE US)

Primer: KE Holdings (BEKE US) - Aug 2026

KE Holdings is the definitive market leader in China's real estate brokerage industry, leveraging its integrated online-offline platform and...

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China Housing - A Mid-Year Check 2026

With full June and some July 2026 data, we take a look at where things stand in China's housing markets and compare with expectations from the end...

Robert Ciemniak

China Property - Is The Delivery Of New Homes (Pre-Sold Pre-2022) Problem Solved?

In this note, we look at the issue of new homes that were pre-sold by developers but not yet delivered as developers struggled financially.

Robert Ciemniak

How Many Chinese Growth Equity Names Are Growing at Double Digits?

More Chinese growth equity names growing at double digit than single and more are accelerating in growth in C2H24. Pessimism can turn into self...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Property - Encouraging Signs on Both Policy Implementation and Property Sales, Reiterate Buy

For stocks, we prefer PM companies like CR MixC, Poly Services, Binjiang Services and Onewo, property agents BEKE, and PJM company Greentown Mgmt.

CMB International

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