China News Service, Beijing, September 1 (Reporter Pang Wuji) Research data released by the Zhongzhi Research Institute on the 1st showed that in the first eight months of this year, the price of new houses in China's 100 cities increased by 2.26%. Among them, new houses in Xuzhou, Xi'an, Foshan and other cities The cumulative increase is among the top.

  Ma Chen, a senior analyst at the Index Business Unit of the China Index Research Institute, said at a monthly situation analysis meeting that from January to August 2021, the price of newly built residential buildings in Baicheng increased by 2.26%, an increase of 0.05% over the same period last year. Slightly higher than the same period in the past two years, and still at a low level in the past six years.

Data map: real estate.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Bin

  In a single month in August, the average price of newly built residential buildings in 100 cities was RMB 16,152 per square meter, up 0.20% month-on-month, and the rate of increase narrowed by 0.15 percentage points from the previous month.

  In terms of cities, the top five cities in terms of cumulative housing price increase are Xuzhou (7.64%), Xi'an (6.39%), Foshan (5.30%), Guangzhou (5.27%) and Dongguan (5.25%).

The last three cities are all cities in the Pearl River Delta.

  From the perspective of urban agglomerations, the Pearl River Delta is still "leading the rise."

In the first eight months of this year, the price of new houses in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration has risen by 3.55%, ranking first among major urban agglomerations.

Among the top 20 cities with cumulative increase in newly built residential buildings in 100 cities, the Pearl River Delta cities accounted for 4 of the top 20 cities.

  From the transaction perspective, in August, the transaction area of ​​residential buildings in key cities declined, and the market activity declined.

In August, the transaction area of ​​commercial residential buildings in 50 cities was about 28 million square meters, a decrease of over 20% year-on-year.

  From January to August this year, the average monthly transaction volume of commercial housing was approximately 35.59 million square meters. Under the influence of the low base last year, it increased by 24.7% year-on-year and 17.2% year-on-year. The absolute scale reached the highest level in the past five years. Second only to 2016.

  Ma Chen pointed out that in August, with the continued tightening of real estate regulation and the tightening of financial policies, China's real estate market dropped significantly, the price increase in 100 cities further narrowed, and the transaction area in key cities declined year-on-month, and the market gradually returned to rationality. .

Looking ahead, with the continuous tightening of the property market regulation and the gradual effectiveness of the property market regulation policy, the real estate market will face greater adjustment pressure in the fourth quarter, especially the pressure on the real estate marketing side will continue to increase.

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