China's home price growth decelerates

2014-04-22 16:02 Xinhua Web Editor: Yao Lan

China's home price growth decelerates

Home prices in major Chinese cities grew at a slower pace in March, with fewer cities reporting month-on-month price gains, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Friday.

Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities, 56 saw month-on-month gains in new home prices last month, down from 57 in February.

For existing homes, prices increased in 42 cities in March, also down from 46 in the previous month, the data showed.

Month on month, new homes in four cities saw prices decline while 14 cities saw prices drop in existing homes.

Year on year, prices of new homes increased in 69 cities last month, even though 68 of them saw the rates of growth moderating, said Liu Jianwei, a senior statistician at the NBS.

In 58 cities, the growth rates also decelerated in the prices of existing homes in March, Liu said.

Price gains in fewer cities and a price growth moderation have come about amid sluggish property sales and an economic slowdown in the first quarter of 2014.

The NBS data showed 201.11 million square meters of property were sold in the first quarter, down 3.8 percent year on year. The sagging market also led to a slide in economic growth, which slowed to 7.4 percent in the first quarter, down from 7.7 percent in the last quarter of 2013.

国家统计局:3月份我国房价走势总体平稳

国家统计局１８日发布房价最新数据。国家统计局城市司高级统计师刘建伟指出，３月份我国房价走势总体平稳。

调查显示，３月份我国７０个大中城市中，房价环比上涨的城市数量略有减少，持平的城市数量增加，涨幅总体平稳，不同城市涨幅扩大缩小之势互现。

３月份，７０个大中城市中，新建商品住宅和二手住宅价格环比上涨的城市数量分别为５６个和４２个，比上月分别减少了１个和４个；持平的城市分别有１０个和１４个，比上月分别增加了１个和５个。新建商品住宅价格环比上涨的５６个城市中，涨幅比上月回落的城市有２７个，比上月减少了１３个；最高涨幅为０．６％，最低涨幅为０．１％。

从同比变动情况看，３月份房价同比上涨的城市数量与上月基本相同，涨幅有所回落，部分城市较为明显。新建商品住宅价格同比上涨的６９个城市中，涨幅回落的城市有６８个，比上月增加了３个；最高涨幅为１５．５％，比上月回落３．２个百分点，最低涨幅为１．２％。二手住宅价格同比上涨的６８个城市中，涨幅回落的城市有５８个，与上月相同；最高涨幅为１３．２％，比上月回落２．７个百分点，最低涨幅为０．６％。

一些热点城市的新建商品住宅价格３月份变动情况为：北京环比上涨０．５％，同比上涨１３％；上海环比上涨０．４％，同比上涨１５．５％；杭州环比持平，同比上涨８．１％；温州环比下降０．１％，同比下降４．２％。