Homes built with bricks, mortar and something else

In their rush to improve their property portfolios, couples are overlooking one important thing

Today more than ever in China possessing a home is central to getting married and starting a family. In fact, the issue of buying a house can often either make or break a marriage.

One old saying even propounded that only after buying a house and marrying should one embark on a career. Neither would our forebears have nursed for a second the proposition that their descendants put off marriage on the grounds of a lack of housing or indeed abandon a marriage to bolster one's property portfolio. But that is exactly what is happening now.