Luxury home sales rebound in mainland China but overall market recovery unlikely: analysts

Sales of luxury homes in mainland China’s top cities are picking up as high-net-worth individuals, benefiting from the country’s tech boom, splash out billions of yuan to improve their housing.

The buying binge has sparked expectations of a broad market recovery after a six-year property slump across the country, according to brokers.

But analysts said such homes represented just a small portion of the mainland’s property industry, with increasing sales and higher prices not enough to turn the...