Chinanews.com, May 17th. The National Bureau of Statistics released on its official website on the 17th the national real estate development investment and sales situation from January to April 2021.

Data show that from January to April, the national real estate development investment was 4,024 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.6%; it increased by 17.6% from January to April of 2019, with an average increase of 8.4% over the two years.

Among them, residential investment was 3,066.2 billion yuan, an increase of 24.4%.

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　　From January to April, the investment in real estate development in the eastern region was 2209.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.8%; the investment in the central region was 832.5 billion yuan, an increase of 29.7%; the investment in the western region was 877.7 billion yuan, an increase of 19.6%; the investment in the northeastern region was 103.9 billion yuan, an increase of 15.4 %.

　　From January to April, the construction area of ​​real estate development enterprises was 818,513 million square meters, an increase of 10.5% over the same period last year.

Among them, the residential construction area was 578.28 million square meters, an increase of 10.9%.

The floor space of houses newly started was 530.05 million square meters, an increase of 12.8%.

Among them, the area of ​​newly started residential buildings was 403.35 million square meters, an increase of 14.4%.

The floor space of houses completed was 227.36 million square meters, an increase of 17.9%.

Among them, the completed residential area was 165.51 million square meters, an increase of 20.7%.

　　From January to April, the area of ​​land purchased by real estate development enterprises was 33.01 million square meters, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year; the transaction price of land was 120.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 29.2%.

　　In terms of commercial housing sales and for-sale conditions, from January to April, the area of ​​commercial housing sold was 503.05 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 48.1%; an increase of 19.5% from January to April 2019, an average increase of 9.3% over the two years.

Among them, residential sales area increased by 51.1%, office building sales area increased by 20.0%, and commercial business housing sales area increased by 16.3%.

Commercial housing sales amounted to 5,360.9 billion yuan, an increase of 68.2%; an increase of 37.0% over the January-April 2019 period, and an average increase of 17.0% over the two years.

Among them, residential sales increased by 73.2%, office building sales increased by 31.9%, and commercial building sales increased by 20.3%.

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　　From January to April, the sales area of ​​commercial housing in the eastern region was 21.24 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 56.4%; the sales amount was 3,174.1 billion yuan, an increase of 80.1%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the central region was 136.91 million square meters, an increase of 52.4%; the sales amount was RMB 1,046.8 billion, an increase of 71.2%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the western region was 135.82 million square meters, an increase of 34.7%; the sales amounted to 1,013.3 billion yuan, an increase of 41.6%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in Northeast China was 15.08 million square meters, an increase of 31.8%; the sales amount was 126.7 billion yuan, an increase of 31.3%.

　　At the end of April, the area of ​​commercial housing for sale was 514.36 million square meters, a decrease of 4.22 million square meters from the end of March.

Among them, the area for sale of residential buildings decreased by 4.23 million square meters, the area for sale of office buildings decreased by 150,000 square meters, and the area for sale of commercial buildings increased by 600,000 square meters.

　　In terms of funds in place for real estate development enterprises, from January to April, the funds in place for real estate development enterprises were 6354.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 35.2%; an increase of 21.1% from January to April 2019, an average increase of 10.1% over the two years.

Among them, domestic loans were 904.3 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%; the use of foreign capital was 1.7 billion yuan, a decrease of 28.3%; self-raised funds were 1,716.7 billion yuan, an increase of 15.4%; deposits and advance receipts were 2,466.2 billion yuan, an increase of 74.1%; personal mortgage loans were 1,073.8 billion Yuan, an increase of 41.3%.

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　　In terms of the real estate development prosperity index, in April, the real estate development prosperity index (referred to as the "national housing prosperity index") was 101.27.

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