Realty check: Leverage is under control

Solid fundamentals, tight regulations, sales pickup shield indebted property industry from default risks

China's real estate industry may be staring at what some may label as a monstrous financial problem.

According to estimates of the Evergrande Research Institute, real estate developers in China will need to repay debts of 6.1 trillion yuan ($887.4 billion) this year and 5.9 trillion yuan in 2020.