China’s Shenzhen rolled out two new home-buying measures on the same day as authorities seek to arrest a slump in the property market. The technology hub in southern China connecting Hong Kong will lower the down-payment ratio for second homes to 40 per cent from as much as 80 per cent effective Thursday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a notice from the local branch of China’s central bank. Shenzhen, seen from across the border in Hong Kong, has lessened housing deposit requirements in a bid to spur demand for new housing. Bloomberg The local authorities also relaxed the...