China News Service, June 16th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to May, the national real estate development investment was 5431.8 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3% year-on-year; an increase of 17.9% over the January-May 2019 period, an average increase of 8.6% over the two years .

Among them, residential investment was 4,075 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7%.

　　From January to May, the investment in real estate development in the eastern region was 2,940.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%; the investment in the central region was 1,135.9 billion yuan, an increase of 25.5%; the investment in the western region was 1,184.7 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4%; the investment in the northeastern region was 170.3 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2 %.

　　From January to May, the floor space under construction by real estate development enterprises was 839.96 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%.

Among them, residential construction area was 593.318 million square meters, an increase of 10.5%.

The floor space of newly started houses was 743.49 million square meters, an increase of 6.9%.

Among them, the newly started residential area was 55.15 million square meters, an increase of 9.1%.

The floor space of houses completed was 275.83 million square meters, an increase of 16.4%.

Among them, the completed residential area was 198.8 million square meters, an increase of 18.5%.

　　From January to May, the area of ​​land purchased by real estate development enterprises was 43.96 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%; the transaction price of land was 193.1 billion yuan, a decrease of 20.5%.

　　From January to May, the area of ​​commercial housing sold was 663.83 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 36.3%; an increase of 19.6% from January to May of 2019, an average increase of 9.3% over the two years.

Among them, the sales area of ​​residential buildings increased by 39.0%, the sales area of ​​office buildings increased by 10.5%, and the sales area of ​​commercial buildings increased by 8.2%.

Commercial housing sales amounted to 7053.4 billion yuan, an increase of 52.4%; an increase of 36.2% over the first five months of 2019, an average increase of 16.7% over the two years.

Among them, residential sales increased by 56.5%, office building sales increased by 24.9%, and commercial business building sales increased by 10.3%.

　　From January to May, the sales area of ​​commercial housing in the eastern region was 283.85 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 42.5%; sales were 4,511.1 billion yuan, an increase of 61.8%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the central region was 18.03 million square meters, an increase of 41.3%; the sales amount was 1,376 billion yuan, an increase of 55.3%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the western region was 178.9 million square meters, an increase of 24.9%; the sales amount was 1,349.7 billion yuan, an increase of 31.0%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in Northeast China was 21.06 million square meters, an increase of 22.2%; the sales volume was 176.6 billion yuan, an increase of 22.3%.

　　At the end of May, the area of ​​commercial housing for sale was 510.26 million square meters, a decrease of 4.1 million square meters from the end of April.

Among them, the area for sale of residential buildings decreased by 3.99 million square meters, the area for sale of office buildings decreased by 130,000 square meters, and the area for sale of commercial buildings decreased by 70,000 square meters.

　　From January to May, the funds in place for real estate development enterprises were 8.138 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.9%; an increase of 22.0% over the January-May period of 2019, an average increase of 10.5% over the two years.

Among them, domestic loans were 1,087.3 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6%; the use of foreign capital was 2.5 billion yuan, a decrease of 26.5%; self-raised funds were 2,268.6 billion yuan, an increase of 12.8%; deposits and advance payments were 3,173.8 billion yuan, an increase of 62.9%; personal mortgage loans were 1,340 billion yuan Yuan, an increase of 32.0%.

　　In May, the real estate development prosperity index (referred to as the "national housing prosperity index") was 101.17.