Restrictions on home purchases in some major second-tier cities were back in place just 24 hours after they were lifted, leaving the future of China’s bruised US$1.7 trillion housing market hanging in the air once more.

Restrictions on home purchases in some major second-tier cities were back in place just 24 hours after they were lifted, leaving the future of China’s bruised US$1.7 trillion housing market hanging in the air once more.