National Bureau of Statistics: The National Real Estate Development Investment in the First Half of the Year Was 5855 Billion yuan

I. Completion

of Investment in Real Estate Development In the first half of the year, the investment in real estate development nationwide was 5,855 billion yuan, down 7.9% from the same period last year; of which, the investment in residential housing was 44439 billion yuan, down 7.3%.

In the first half of the year, the housing construction area of real estate development enterprises was 791548 million square meters, down 6.6% from the same period last year. Among them, the residential construction area was 557.083 million square meters, down 6.9%. New housing construction area was 49880 million square meters, down 24.3%. Among them, the new residential construction area was 363 million 400 thousand square meters, down 24.9%. The completed housing area was 339.04 million square meters, an increase of 19.0%. Among them, the completed residential area was 246 million 40 thousand square meters, an increase of 18.5%. In

the first half of the year, the sales area of commercial housing was 595.15 million square meters, down 5.3% from the same period last year, of which the sales area of residential housing decreased by 2.8%. Commercial housing sales amounted to 6309.2 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1%, of which residential sales increased by 3.7%. At the end of

June, the area of commercial housing for sale was 641.59 million square meters, an increase of 17.0% over the same period. Among them, the residential area for sale increased by 18.0%.

3. Capital

in place of real estate development enterprises In the first half of the year, the capital in place of real estate development enterprises was 6879.7 billion yuan, down 9.8% from the same period last year. Of this total, domestic loans were 869.1 billion yuan, down by 11.1%; utilized foreign funds were 2.8 billion yuan, down by 49.1%; self-raised funds were 205.61 billion yuan, down by 23.4%; deposits and advance receipts were 2427.5 billion yuan, down by 0.9%; personal mortgage loans were 124.29 billion yuan, up by 2.7%.

4. Real estate development boom index

In June, the real estate development boom index (referred to as the "national housing boom index") was 94.06.