As the central government continues to tighten¹ restrictions² in the housing market, a stand-off between home buyers and sellers appears to be cooling the market and worrying property developers.

随着中央政府继续收紧对房地产市场的调控，购房者与卖方的对峙似乎正在给房市降温、引发房地产开发商担忧。

Sales of China Vanke, the country's largest residential³ developer, declined 16.4% month-on-month to 2.42 million sq m in May, with the value down 14.3% to 35.89 billion yuan, the company said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

我国最大住宅开发商万科集团在向深圳证券交易所提交的公告中称，5月，该公司的销售面积环比下降16.4%至242万平方米，销售金额环比下降14.3%至358.9亿元。

China Vanke was not the only property developer feeling the pinch.

感受到压力的房地产开发商并非只有万科一家。

About 70% of the 40 property developers monitored by property research center CRIC saw sales value decrease from April.

房地产研究中心克而瑞监测的40家房地产开发商中，约七成开发商的销售金额较4月有所下滑。

Combined sales value of the 40 companies fell 10% month-on-month.

这40家开发商的总销售金额环比下降了10%。

Zhu Xu, secretary of the China Vanke board, said the company expected the situation to be more severe in the second half of this year.

万科董事会秘书朱旭表示，万科预计今年下半年的形势将更加严峻。