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China housing prices post slower growth in July
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August 10, 2010, Tuesday
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HOUSING prices in major Chinese cities rose 10.3 percent year on year in July, down from the 11.4 percent growth in June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said today.
It was the third consecutive month that China's property prices rose at a slower pace and the lowest growth rate in six months.
Property prices in the 70 large and medium-sized cities grew 12.4 percent in May and 12.8 percent in April, the highest since July 2005 when the government started to issue the data.
The slow down follows a series of government measures to curb speculation in the property market and rein in excessive price rises.
On a monthly basis, July property prices in the cities were unchanged compared to a month earlier, the NBS said in a statement on its website.
New home prices rose 12.9 percent year on year in July, down 1.2 percentage points from June. Prices of second-hand homes gained 6.7 percent last month, compared with an increase of 7.7 percent in June.
The value of property sales in July fell 19.3 percent from a year earlier to 306.6 billion yuan (US$45.3 billion). Property sales by floor space declined 15.4 percent year on year to 64.66 million square meters.
Investment in property development rose 37.2 percent to 2.39 trillion yuan in the first seven months of this year. In July, investment climbed 33 percent to 411.8 billion yuan.
The government started a campaign in April to rein in soaring prices, including tighter scrutiny of developers' financing, limited loans for third-home purchases, and higher downpayment requirements for second-home purchases.
China's banking regulator said earlier this month that the government would maintain policies to cool the property market.
It was the third consecutive month that China's property prices rose at a slower pace and the lowest growth rate in six months.
Property prices in the 70 large and medium-sized cities grew 12.4 percent in May and 12.8 percent in April, the highest since July 2005 when the government started to issue the data.
The slow down follows a series of government measures to curb speculation in the property market and rein in excessive price rises.
On a monthly basis, July property prices in the cities were unchanged compared to a month earlier, the NBS said in a statement on its website.
New home prices rose 12.9 percent year on year in July, down 1.2 percentage points from June. Prices of second-hand homes gained 6.7 percent last month, compared with an increase of 7.7 percent in June.
The value of property sales in July fell 19.3 percent from a year earlier to 306.6 billion yuan (US$45.3 billion). Property sales by floor space declined 15.4 percent year on year to 64.66 million square meters.
Investment in property development rose 37.2 percent to 2.39 trillion yuan in the first seven months of this year. In July, investment climbed 33 percent to 411.8 billion yuan.
The government started a campaign in April to rein in soaring prices, including tighter scrutiny of developers' financing, limited loans for third-home purchases, and higher downpayment requirements for second-home purchases.
China's banking regulator said earlier this month that the government would maintain policies to cool the property market.
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