Sales Prices of Residential Buildings in 70 Medium and Large-sized Cities in January 2013

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I. The Sales Prices of Newly Constructed Residential Buildings (excluding affordable housing)

Comparing with the previous month, among 70 medium and large-sized cities, the sales prices of newly constructed residential buildings declined in 10 cities while that of 7 cities remained at the same level. For 53 cities with increasing prices month-on-month, the increases were within 2.2 percent.

Comparing with the same month of last year, the sales prices of newly constructed residential buildings decreased in 16 cities, while that of 1 city remained at the same level. For 53 cities with increasing prices year-on-year, the increases were within 4.7 percent. In January, for the cities with increasing prices year-on-year, the increases of 1 city fell down compared with that in December 2012.

II. Sales Prices of Second-Hand Residential Buildings

Comparing with the previous month, the sales prices of second-hand residential buildings decreased in 7 cities, while that of 12 cities remained at the same level. For 51 cities with increasing prices month-on-month, the increases were within 1.7 percent.

Comparing with the same month of last year, the sales prices of second-hand residential buildings decreased in 34 cities, that of 36 cities increased, and the growth rates were within 6.0 percent year-on-year.

Sales Price Indices of Residential Buildings in 70 Large and Medium-Sized Cities (2013.01)

Price Indices of Newly Constructed Residential Buildings by Floor Space in 70 Large and Medium-Sized Cities (2013.01)

Price Indices of Second-Hand Residential Buildings by Floor Space in 70 Large and Medium-Sized Cities (2013.01)

Annotations:

1. Since January 2011, NBS started to implement “Survey Program on Sales Prices of Residential Buildings”.

2. Survey Coverage: The survey was conducted in the municipal districts of 70 medium and large-sized cities, excluding the countries.

3. Survey Methods: The data of sales price, floor space and amount of money directly came from the network transaction records data of local real estate management departments. The survey of sales prices of second-hand residential buildings was non-overall survey, integrating key-point investigation with typical investigation, combing the methods of real estate brokerage agency reporting, real estate management departments providing, as well as investigator obtaining prices on the spot, to collect the basic data.

4. The newly constructed residential buildings includes affordable housing, the newly constructed commercial residential buildings excludes affordable housing.

5. The calculation of the price indices can be seen in the “Survey Program of the Sales Prices of Residential Buildings ”, on the website of   National Bureau of Statistics of China.

6. “-” in table denotes no deal record this month.