A Family Tried to Skirt China Property Rules With 23 Divorces and Weddings.

DIVORCE; WEDDINGS; FAMILIES; HOME prices

(Bloomberg) -- Faking a divorce has been a ploy used by Chinese couples desperate to skirt the nation's property curbs. While it's an extreme case in property-obsessed China, where would-be home buyers have to navigate a shifting array of property curbs, it's probably more understandable given home prices in Lishui have surged as much as 31% in the past two years, according to data provider Fangjia.com. [Extracted from the article]

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