Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Shareholder litigation over alleged misleading disclosures
A shareholder class action connected with the Muddy Waters allegations was largely dismissed in April 2024, although the court reportedly found some validity in claims that company filings contained false statements.
2022
HFCAA watchlist designation
KE Holdings was added to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission watchlist under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act after issues related to access to audit work papers.
2021
Reported antitrust scrutiny
Reports said that China’s State Administration for Market Regulation was investigating suspected anticompetitive practices involving KE Holdings. Beike denied the report and described it as false news.
2021
Muddy Waters financial-reporting allegations
Muddy Waters announced a short position and alleged that KE Holdings had engaged in systemic fraud and inflated sales and revenue figures. KE Holdings rejected the report’s methodology and said it would review the allegations.
2019
Platforms reported for incomplete rental-listing disclosures
Issue disclosure
A report said that Baluotu, Beike, Wo Ai Wo Jia and Maitian Fangchan had not fully implemented Beijing requirements for displaying company and housing-listing information. Baluotu said it was studying how to implement the requirements, while Maitian Fangchan said it was updating its back-end system.
Company response
Remediation — 巴乐兔
公司已针对《通知》精神召开内部运营、产品和技术会议来研究具体的实现方式；公司会将租住全场景中的客诉信息从对租客更有帮助的角度进行分类、分级，再结合该住房租赁机构的具体信息来设计新的展现方式，该部分计划与新版同步上线。
Remediation — 麦田房产
公司确实关注到了这个情况，也在按照通知的要求更新后台
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公司确实关注到了这个情况，也在按照通知的要求更新后台
除巴乐兔平台外，贝壳、我爱我家(000560,股吧)等互联网平台也都存在对《通知》内容落实不到位的现象，其中贝壳和我爱我家都未同步展示展示企业发布房源信息的数量，麦田房产(博客,微博)网则仅仅展示了营业执照和从业人员信息卡。
而中国网财经记者注意到，虽然该文件已经施行将近一个月，但仍有部分互联网平台未按要求展示企业和房源的相关信息。