China Securities Network News (Reporter Dong Tian) On January 5, 58 Dongcheng and Secure Housing released the 2021 “December National Housing Index Report”. The report shows that in December 2021, the average price of new housing listed in 65 cities monitored nationwide was 17,608 yuan/square meter, a slight increase of 0.53%; the average price of second-hand housing online listings was 16,829 yuan/square meter, a slight decrease of 0.06% from the previous month; 7 of the cities that implemented the second-hand housing reference price system fell month-on-month, and the number of new second-hand housing listings nationwide rose 1.9% month-on-month.

In December 2021, the popularity of housing searches across the country fell 3.6% month-on-month, the popularity of housing searches in first-tier cities fell 2.3% month-on-month, the popularity of housing searches in second-tier cities fell 2.6% month-on-month, and the popularity of housing searches in third- and fourth-tier cities fell 4.6% month-on-month. The most active housing search cities were Yinchuan, Baoding, Hangzhou, Xuzhou, Linyi, and Zhengzhou in that order. In terms of market supply, statistics from the 58 Housing Property Research Institute show that in December 2021, the number of newly listed properties nationwide rose 1.9% month-on-month. From a nationwide perspective, the number of newly listed properties in Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Hefei and Taiyuan showed an increase of more than 10% month-on-month. In December 2021, the buyer user confidence index was 106.3, up 7.2% from the previous month; the broker confidence index was 93.9, up 12.3% from the previous month, and the buyer and agent confidence index rebounded.