KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BEKE) is planning a Hong Kong stock market listing and has hired Goldman Sachs to lead a float, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. KE making it the second-largest US listing for a Chinese company at the time. KE is now exploring raising a similar sum in a dual-primary listing in Hong Kong, said the sources. The listing could happen as soon as the end of the year, said the source. KE is one of the so-called “platform” companies in China that control vast amounts of data and are now being subjected to an unprecedented regulatory action by regulators. KE’s planned listing shows that such companies are still exploring fundraising opportunities in Hong Kong, despite a dour outlook for their shares in the current regulatory environment. KE denied it was seeking a Hong Kong listing. “We have no imminent plan for a Hong Kong listing or any share sale,” it said. Investment banks other than Goldman that worked on KE’s New York IPO are pitching for roles in the Hong Kong listing, said a separate person with direct knowledge.