The National Bureau of Statistics announced that the national real estate development investment from January to August this year was 6928.4 billion RMB, a decrease of 10.2% compared to the previous year (calculated on a comparable caliber); among them, residential investment was 5262.7 billion yuan, a decrease of 10.5%.

From January to August, the construction area of ​​real estate development enterprises was 7094.2 million square meters, a decrease of 12% compared to the previous year. Among them, the construction area of ​​residential buildings was 4960.52 million square meters, a decrease of 12.6%. The newly started construction area of ​​buildings was 494.65 million square meters, a decrease of 22.5%. Among them, the newly started construction area of ​​residential buildings was 359.09 million square meters, a decrease of 23.0%. The completed construction area of ​​buildings was 333.94 million square meters, a decrease of 23.6%. Among them, the completed construction area of ​​residential buildings was 243.93 million square meters, a decrease of 23.2%.

From January to August, the sales area of ​​new commercial housing was 606.02 million square meters, a decrease of 18.0% compared to the previous year, and the sales area of ​​residential buildings decreased by 20.4%. The sales amount of new commercial housing was 5972.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 23.6%, and the sales amount of residential buildings decreased by 25.0%.

At the end of August, the inventory of commercial housing was 737.83 million square meters, an increase of 13.9% compared to the previous year. Among them, the inventory of residential buildings increased by 21.5%.

From January to August, the actual funds of real estate development enterprises amounted to 6993.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 20.2% compared to the previous year. Among them, domestic loans were 1022.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.1%; foreign capital utilization was 2 billion yuan, a decrease of 42.4%; self-raised funds were 2515 billion yuan, a decrease of 8.4%; deposits and prepayments were 2107.8 billion yuan, a decrease of 30.2%; and personal mortgage loans were 992 billion yuan, a decrease of 35.8%.

In August, the real estate development prosperity index was 92.35. (wl/w)

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