Years of price hikes and a booming real estate sector look to be coming to a close in China.
Prices and property values are falling, leading some economists in China to predict a burst of the real estate bubble.
"Real estate is a foundation of China's phenomenal growth record in the past two decades, and its health is crucial to China's construction, steel and cement sectors.
Real estate is also a favoured investment of Chinese looking to get better returns than bank deposits pay.
Local municipalities and provinces depend on rising prices for land sales as well to fund infrastructure projects.
World Bank economists warned at a Beijing press briefing that a real-estate bubble was among the biggest economic risks China faces."
FULL STORY: The great property bubble of China may be popping
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