In this August, the business boom index of national houses was 101.86, keep the same level over this June and down by 1.13 points over last August.

    The sub-index of developed land area was 96.25, up by 0.38 point over this July and down by 1.50 points over last August. In the first eight months of this year, the nationwide land area developed reached 110 million sq.m., a year-on-year decline of 2.3%.

    The sub-index of real estate development was 101.69, up by 0.09 point over this July and down by 1.27 points over last August. In the first eight months of this year, the nationwide investment in real estate development totaled 892.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 22.3%. Of the investments, that in the residential buildings was 601.0 billion yuan, up 21.5%. The investment in the economical residential buildings was 31.5 billion yuan, down 13.8%.

    The sub-index of floor space of buildings under construction was 103.66, up by 0.01 points over this July and down by 3.59 points over last August. In the first eight months of this year, the nationwide floor space of buildings under construction totaled 1.31 billion sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 18.9%. Especially, the floor space of residential buildings under construction reached 1015 million sq.m., up 19.2%; the floor space of office buildings under construction was 54.15 million sq.m., up 11%; the floor space of commercial operation buildings was 167 million sq.m., up 19.2%.

    The sub-index of fund source of this year was 101.30, up by 0.03 points over this July and down by 3.10 points over last August. In the first eight months of this year, the fund source of this year in real estate development totaled 1271.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 22.8%. Specifically speaking, the domestic loan was 237.4 billion yuan, up 10.9%; the fundraising of enterprises was 437.4 billion yuan, up 38.8%; the foreign capital utilization was 16.5 billion yuan, up 26.8%.

    The sub-index of floor space of vacant commercial houses was 102.71, down by 0.57 points over this July and down by 6.77 points over last August. At the end of this August, the floor space of vacant commercial houses registered 108 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 10.5%. Especially, the floor space of vacant commercial residential houses was 60 million sq.m, up 3.8%.

    The sub-index of sales price of commercial buildings was 104.35, up by 0.14 points over this July and down by 1.96 points over last August. In the first eight months of this year, the average sales price of commercial residential buildings was 2996 yuan per sq.m.; that of commercial operation buildings was 6786 yuan per sq.m.; that of office buildings 5223 yuan per sq.m..