In this September, the business boom index of national houses was 101.57, down by 0.29 points over this August and down by 3.46 points over last September.

    The sub-index of real estate development was 101.72, up by 0.03 point over this August and down by 1.65 points over last September. In the first nine months of this year, the nationwide investment in real estate development totaled 1037.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 22.2%. Of the investments, that in the residential buildings was 701.0 billion yuan, up 21.5%. The investment in the economical residential buildings was 37.4 billion yuan, down 12%.

    The sub-index of fund source of this year was 101.06, down by 0.24 points over this August and down by 3.38 points over last September. In the first nine months of this year, the fund source of this year in real estate development totaled 1413.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 21.6%. Specifically speaking, the domestic loan was 263.7 billion yuan, up 11.1%; the fundraising of enterprises was 495.1 billion yuan, up 37.8%; the foreign capital utilization was 17.7 billion yuan, up 20.2%.

    The sub-index of developed land area was 95.83, down by 0.42 point over this August and down by 1.82 points over last September. In the first nine months of this year, the nationwide land area developed reached 121.95 million sq.m., a year-on-year decline of 0.5%.

    The sub-index of floor space of buildings under construction was 103.60, down by 0.06 points over this August and down by 3.24 points over last September. In the first nine months of this year, the nationwide floor space of buildings under construction totaled 1.373 billion sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 18.6%. Especially, the floor space of residential buildings under construction reached 1065 million sq.m., up 19%; the floor space of office buildings under construction was 56.43 million sq.m., up 10.9%; the floor space of commercial operation buildings was 175 million sq.m., up 18.4%.

    The sub-index of floor space of vacant commercial houses was 101.90, down by 0.81 points over this August and down by 7.85 points over last September. At the end of this September, the floor space of vacant commercial houses registered 109 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 10.8%. Especially, the floor space of vacant commercial residential houses was 60.06 million sq.m, up 4.2%.