I. The completion of real estate development

From January to July, the total investment in real estate development amounted to 1,772.0 billion yuan, up by 11.6 percent year-on-year, and went up 1.7 percentage points over first half year, while that of a decrease of 19.3 percentage points over same period of previous year. Of which, investment in commercial residential buildings reached 1,242.7 billion yuan, 8.2 percent of increase year-on-year, picking up 0.9 percentage points over first half year, or 25.5 percentage points dropped over same period of previous year, which occupied 70.1 percent of the investment in real estate development.

From January to July, the floor spaces under construction of real estate development enterprises in the whole country stood at 2507 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 12.5 percent, dipped 0.2 percentage points over first half year; the new started floor spaces of housing stood at 550 million square meters, declined 9.1 percent year-on-year, and 1.3 percentage points narrowed over first half year; the floor spaces completed reached 254 million square meters, climbing up 24.7 percent year-on-year, or 2.4 percentage points increased over first half year. Of which, the floor spaces completed of residential buildings hit 209 million square meters, went up 26.6 percent, or increased 3.7 percentage points over first half year.

From January to July, the floor spaces purchased of real estate development enterprises in the whole country reached 163.09 million square meters, dropped 25.8 percent year-on-year; the floor spaces developed hit 127.89 million square meters, decreased 13.4 percent year-on-year.

II. Sales of commercial buildings

From January to July, the floor spaces of commercial buildings sold accounted for 417.55 million square meters, surging up 37.1 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the floor spaces of residential buildings sold increased 38.8 percent; that of office buildings boomed 13.3 percent; that of buildings for commercials uses went up 21.7 percent. From January to July, the total sales of commercial buildings amounted to 1,960.0 billion yuan, up by 60.4 percent year-on-year. Of which, the sales of commercial residential buildings surged 65.3 percent, that of office buildings and buildings for commercial uses increased 22.9 and 34.2 percent respectively.

III. The funds sources of real estate development enterprises

From January to July, the funds sources of real estate development enterprises reached 2,863.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.7 percent. Of the total, domestic loans amounted to 652.4 billion yuan, up by 42.7 percent; that of utilization of foreign funds reached 27.3 billion yuan, decreased 33.1 percent; that of self-financing funds hit 955.7 billion yuan, went up 9.9 percent; that of other funds accounted for 1,228.5 billion yuan, rose by 43.2 percent. In view of the other funds, deposits and advantage payments totaled 717.9 billion yuan, ballooned 35.7 percent; and that of personal mortgage loans stood at 362.8 billion yuan, gained in 78.9 percent.

IV. Sales price indices of buildings in 70 medium-large sized cities

In July, sales price indices of buildings in 70 medium-large sized cities increased 1.0 percent year-on-year, expanded 0.8 percentage points month-on-month; the chain index was booming up by 0.9 percent, increased 0.1 percentage points month-on-month.

The sales price indices of newly constructed residential buildings boomed 0.3 percent year-on-year; the chain index went up by 1.1 percent, expanded 0.3 percentage points month-on-month.

In terms of different categories, the sales price indices of economically affordable housings went up 0.5 percent year-on-year; that of commercial residential buildings ballooned 0.3 percent, of which, the sales price indices of ordinary commercial housings increased 0.9 percent, that of luxury commercial housings went down 1.7 percent. As compared over previous month, the sales price indices of economically affordable housings surged 0.1 percent; that of commercial residential buildings went up 1.2 percent, of the total, both of the ordinary and luxury commercial buildings increased 1.2 percent.