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Developer in China proposes wheat, garlic for houses

Developer in China proposes wheat, garlic for houses

Desperate Chinese property developer proposes novel swap

Reuters – A desperate developer in China’s softening property market has devised a novel promotion to attract buyers, recently offering to take wheat and garlic as down payments. One advertisement of Henan-based Central China Real Estate that had “swap wheat for house” in the title says buyers can use the crop, priced at two yuan