| National Real Estate Climate Index Increased in April |
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| Saturday,May 17,2008 Posted: 15:17 BJT(0717 GMT) |
| From:China Statistics Bureau Article type:Reproduced |
In April, the national real estate climate index was 104.07, 0.65 points lower than the previous month, while that 1.42 points higher than it was in the same period last year.
The investment index of real estate development was 104.28, down by 0.20 points from March, while it up by 2.11 points compared with the same month last year. The total investment in real estate development from January to April was up to 495.2 billion yuan, up by 32.1 percent from the same period last year. Investment in residential buildings reached 494.4 billion yuan, 35.2 percent of increase. Of which, the completed investment in economically affordable housings was 18.6 billion yuan, rose by 324.7 percent
The index of capital source was 101.56, 0.82 points of decrease from the pervious year, while a year-on-year increase of 0.10 points. From January to April, the position fund of real estate development enterprises reached 1,202.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.9 percent. Of this total, domestic loans, and self-rising funds achieved 289.6 and 444.1 billion yuan, rose by 24.7 and 35.0 percent respectively; while that utilization of foreign investment stood at 14.8 billion yuan, dropped 6.4 percent.
The index of land space development was 96.88, down by 1.23 points compared with the previous month, up by 0.90 points from the same period last year. From January to April, the land space developed by real estate development enterprises was up to 80.56 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 5.9 percent.
The index of floor space of buildings under construction was 107.78, 0.65 points higher from that was in March, while a year-on-year increase of 3.07 points. From January to April, the floor space of buildings under construction was 1789 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 25.4 percent. Of this total, the floor space of residential housings was 1408 million square meters, up by 27.2 percent; the floor space of office buildings was 64.28 million square meters, up by 7.7 percent; that of the houses for business use was 188.66 million square meters, up by 15.6 percent.
The index of vacant floor space of commercial buildings was 110.54, down by 0.75 points from last month, or up by 6.10 points from the same month last year. By the end of April, the vacant floor space of commercial buildings was 125.01 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8 percent. Of which, commercial buildings that unused was 64.08 million square meters, down by 6.7 percent. |
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