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China's home prices dip in August
Updated: September 15, 2023 13:38 Xinhua

BEIJING, Sept. 15 -- Most Chinese cities reported a month-on-month fall in home prices in August, while fewer cities saw month-on-month price increases, official data showed Friday.

Last month, 17 out of 70 large and medium-sized cities reported month-on-month increases in new home prices, down from 20 in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In comparison with levels a month earlier, new home prices in four first-tier cities -- Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen -- edged down 0.2 percent month on month in August.

In 31 second-tier cities, prices of new homes went down 0.2 percent compared with July, while new housing prices in 35 third-tier cities went down 0.4 percent, with the extent of the drop widening a notch from July's 0.3-percent decrease.

Compared with August last year, new home prices in first-tier cities and second-tier cities increased by 0.6 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively, but prices of new homes in third-tier cities decreased by 1.4 percent.

Home prices in the second-hand market saw a year-on-year decline in August. Resale home prices in first and second-tier cities both fell at a faster pace, down 1.6 percent and 3 percent, respectively, from a year ago. Those in third-tier cities dropped 3.5 percent, the NBS data revealed.

China unveiled a raft of measures in late August to promote the sound development of the property sector. These included cutting interest rates on existing mortgages for first-home loans and easing mortgage rules.

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