Property agencies scramble for new staff

After a long, quiet winter, the spring has brought a thaw in the sales of second-hand properties in Beijing, but the spike in business has led to a labor shortage at many of the capital's housing agencies.

According to an investigation by the Mirror Evening News, major property agencies in Beijing are short of about 5,000 workers.

"Yes, we are recruiting," a manager, surnamed Wang, from a branch of the Homelink House Agency in Baliqiao, Tongzhou district, confirmed to METRO.