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National Real Estate Development and Sales in the First Two Months of 2013

1. The completion of real estate investment

The total investment in real estate development in the first two months of 2013 was 667.0 billion yuan, up by 22.8 percent year-on-year in nominal term, 6.6 percentage points higher than that in the previous year. Of which, the investment in residential buildings was 458.3 billion yuan, up by 23.4 percent, 12.0 percentage points higher than that in the previous year, and accounted for 68.7 percent of real estate development investment.

In the first two months, the real estate investment in eastern region stood at 402.4 billion yuan, up by 20.9 percent year-on-year, the growth rate up by 7.0 percentage points over that in the previous year; the central region stood at 124.1 billion yuan, went up by 24.6 percent, and up by 6.3 percentage points; western region stood at 140.5 billion yuan, up by 26.8 percent, and an increase of 6.4 percentage points.

In the first two months, the floor space under construction by the real estate development enterprises accounted for 4,554.22 million square meters, up by 15.3 percent year-on-year, increased 2.1 percentage points over that in the previous year. Of which, the floor space of residential building construction area was 3,357.46 million square meters, up by 12.8 percent. The floor space started this year was 230.01 millions square meters, up by 14.7 percent, while that in the previous year was down by 7.3 percent. Specifically, the floor space of residential buildings started in the year amounted to 174.31 million square meters, up by 17.5 percent. The floor space of buildings completed stood at 135.24 million square meters, went up by 34.0 percent, increased 26.7 percentage points, of which, the floor space completed of residential buildings stood at 103.60 million square meters, went up by 30.5 percent.

In the first two months, the land area purchased by the real estate development enterprises totaled 38.13 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 18.6 percent, and decreasing amplitude narrowed 0.9 percentage points over the previous year. The total transaction of land reached 91.9 billion yuan, decreased 12.0 percent, decreasing amplitude narrowed 4.7 percentage points over the previous year.

2. Sales of Commercial Buildings

In the first two months, the floor space of commercial buildings sold stood at 104.71 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 49.5 percent, and 47.7 percentage points higher over that in 2012. Of the total, the floor space of residential buildings increased 55.2 percent, office building increased 43.3 percent, and buildings for business use decreased 1.4 percent. The sales of commercial buildings amounted to 736.1 billion yuan, an increase of 77.6 percent, and 67.6 percentage points higher over that in 2012. Specifically, the sales of residential buildings went up by 87.2 percent, office buildings up by 91.6 percent, buildings for commercial business up by 17.6 percent.

In the first two months, the sale of floor space of commercial buildings in eastern region amounted to 54.15 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 63.6 percent, 57.9 percentage points higher than that in 2012. The amount of sales stood at 482.0 billion yuan, went up by 92.3 percent, and increased 79.4 percentage points. The sale of floor space of commercial buildings in central region amounted to 24.33 million square meters, increased 44.6 percent, an increase of 42.6 percentage points. The amount of sales stood at 122.9 billion yuan, climbed 67.3 percent, an increase of 58.8 percentage points. The sale of floor space of commercial buildings in western region amounted to 26.23 million square meters, an increase of 30.4 percent, while that in 2012 was a decrease of 5.3 percent. The amount of sales stood at 131.3 billion yuan, went up by 45.3 percent, an increase of 41.6 percent.

At the end of February, the floor space of commercial housing for sale reached 419.04 million square meters, increased 54.44 million square meters compared with that at the end of 2012. Of which, the residential buildings for sale increased 41.81 million square meters, office buildings increased 1.58 million square meters, buildings for business use climbed 7.78 million square meters.

3. Sources of Funds for Real Estate Development Enterprises

In the first two months, the sources of funds for real estate development enterprises reached 1,892.6 billion yuan, up by 33.7 percent year-on-year, 21 percentage points higher over that in 2012. Specifically, the domestic loans stood at 393.8 billion yuan, increased 26.4 percent, foreign investment stood at 8.8 billion yuan, down by 18.4 percent, self-raising funds stood at 733.1 billion yuan, up by 22.3 percent, and other sources stood at 757.0 billion yuan, up by 53.5 percent. Among the other sources of funds, deposits and advance payments totaled 465.5 billion yuan, up by 66.5 percent, personal mortgage loans totaled 205.7 billion yuan, rose by 58.8 percent.

4. National Real Estate Climate Index

In February, the national real estate climate index was 97.92, increased 2.33 percentage points over that in December 2012.

Investment in Real Estate Development for January-February
Indicators	Absolute Value	Growth Rate Year-on-Year (%)

Investment in Real Estate (100 million yuan)	6670	22.8
Of which: Residential Buildings	4583	23.4
Office Buildings	388	53.3
Buildings for Commercial Business	884	22.4
Floor Space under Construction (10,000 sq.m)	455422	15.3
Of which: Residential Buildings	335746	12.8
Office Buildings	16595	23.7
Buildings for Commercial Business	52814	19.3
Floor Space of Houses Newly Started (10,000 sq.m)	23001	14.7
Of which: Residential Buildings	17431	17.5
Office Buildings	721	21.3
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