In August, the sales price of new residential buildings in first-tier cities decreased by 0.3%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month. Among them, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen decreased by 0.5%, 0.5%, and 0.8% respectively, while Shanghai increased by 0.6%. The sales prices of new residential buildings in second and third-tier cities decreased by 0.7% and 0.8% respectively, with a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month. In August, the sales price of second-hand residential buildings in first-tier cities decreased by 0.9%, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous month, with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen decreasing by 1.0%, 0.6%, 0.7%, and 1.3% respectively. The sales prices of second-hand residential buildings in second and third-tier cities decreased by 1.0% and 0.9% respectively, with a increase of 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month. (National Bureau of Statistics)