Chinanews.com, August 16th. The National Bureau of Statistics released data on the 16th. The national real estate development investment from January to July of 2021 was 8489.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%; an increase of 16.5% from January to July 2019, an average increase in two years 8.0%.

Among them, residential investment was 6398.0 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9%.

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  1. The completion of real estate development and investment

  Data show that from January to July, the national real estate development investment was 8489.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%; an increase of 16.5% over the January-July 2019 period, an average increase of 8.0% over the two years.

Among them, residential investment was 6398.0 billion yuan, an increase of 14.9%.

  From January to July, the investment in real estate development in the eastern region was 4,530.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%; the investment in the central region was 1,772 billion yuan, an increase of 20.0%; the investment in the western region was 1,871.7 billion yuan, an increase of 10.0%; the investment in the northeastern region was 315.2 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 %.

  From January to July, the floor space under construction by real estate development enterprises was 8918.8 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 9.0%.

Among them, the residential construction area was 631.72 million square meters, an increase of 9.4%.

The floor space of newly started houses was 118.48 million square meters, a decrease of 0.9%.

Among them, the newly-started residential area was 884.74 million square meters, an increase of 0.4%.

The floor space of houses completed was 417.82 million square meters, an increase of 25.7%.

Among them, the completed residential area was 301.25 million square meters, an increase of 27.2%.

  From January to July, the area of ​​land purchased by real estate development enterprises was 87.64 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 9.3%; the transaction price of land was 512.1 billion yuan, a decrease of 4.8%.

  2. Commercial housing sales and for-sale status

  The data shows that from January to July, the area of ​​commercial housing sold was 1,06.48 million square meters, an increase of 21.5% year-on-year; an increase of 14.5% over the January-July 2019 period, an average increase of 7.0% over the two years.

Among them, the sales area of ​​residential buildings increased by 22.7%, the sales area of ​​office buildings increased by 6.3%, and the sales area of ​​commercial buildings increased by 3.8%.

The sales of commercial housing was 10.643 billion yuan, an increase of 30.7%; an increase of 28.0% over the first seven months of 2019, an average increase of 13.1% over the two years.

Among them, residential sales increased by 33.1%, office building sales increased by 9.1%, and commercial business building sales increased by 5.0%.

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  From January to July, the sales area of ​​commercial housing in the eastern region was 428.41 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 24.1%; sales were 6194.3 billion yuan, an increase of 36.7%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the central region was 283.59 million square meters, an increase of 27.1%; the sales amount was 2142.2 billion yuan, an increase of 33.4%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in the western region was 269.65 million square meters, an increase of 14.3%; the sales amount was 2015.6 billion yuan, an increase of 16.3%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing in Northeast China was 34.83 million square meters, an increase of 8.8%; the sales volume was 290.9 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%.

  At the end of July, the area of ​​commercial housing for sale was 508.64 million square meters, a decrease of 2.15 million square meters from the end of June.

Among them, the area for sale of residential buildings decreased by 2.7 million square meters, the area for sale of office buildings decreased by 260,000 square meters, and the area for sale of commercial buildings increased by 190,000 square meters.

  3. Funds in place for real estate development enterprises

  The data pointed out that from January to July, the funds in place for real estate development enterprises were 11,897 billion yuan, an increase of 18.2% year-on-year; an increase of 19.2% over the January-July 2019 period, and an average increase of 9.2% over the two years.

Among them, domestic loans were 1.540 trillion yuan, a decrease of 4.5%; foreign capital was 4.4 billion yuan, a decrease of 44.4%; self-raised funds were 355.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.9%; deposits and advance payments were 4,539.8 billion yuan, an increase of 38.3%; personal mortgage loans were 1,895.3 billion yuan Yuan, an increase of 17.0%.

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  4. Real Estate Development Prosperity Index

  In July, the real estate development prosperity index (referred to as the "national housing prosperity index") was 100.98.

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