KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BEKE) is planning a Hong Kong stock market listing and has hired Goldman Sachs to lead a float, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. KE is now exploring raising a similar sum in a dual-primary listing in Hong Kong, said one of 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 crackdown by Beijing. KE’s planned listing shows that such companies are still exploring fundraising opportunities in the Asian financial hub, despite a dour outlook for their shares in the current regulatory environment. In an emailed response to Reuters, 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. Goldman declined to comment. The sources declined to be named as the information is not public.