In this July, the business boom index of national houses was 101.86, up by 0.21 points over this June and down by 1.13 points over last July.

    The sub-index of developed land area was 95.87, up by 0.8 point over this June and down by 2.06 points over last July. In the first seven months of this year, the nationwide land area developed reached 96.63 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 1%.

    The sub-index of real estate development was 101.60, up by 0.49 point over this June and down by 1.13 points over last July. In the first seven months of this year, the nationwide investment in real estate development totaled 758.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 23.5%. Of the investments, that in the residential buildings was 508.9 billion yuan, up 22.2%. The investment in the economical residential buildings was 26 billion yuan, down 12.1%.

    The sub-index of floor space of buildings under construction was 103.65, up by 0.48 points over this June and down by 3.99 points over last July. In the first seven months of this year, the nationwide floor space of buildings under construction totaled 1.245 billion sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 19.8%. Especially, the floor space of residential buildings under construction reached 965 million sq.m., up 19.9%; the floor space of office buildings under construction was 52 million sq.m., up 13.1%; the floor space of commercial operation buildings was 158 million sq.m., up 20.1%.

    The sub-index of fund source of this year was 101.27, up by 0.47 points over this June and down by 3.37 points over last July. In the first senve months of this year, the fund source of this year in real estate development totaled 1114.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 23.5%. Specifically speaking, the domestic loan was 207.8 billion yuan, up 7.9%; the fundraising of enterprises was 382 billion yuan, up 37.7%; the foreign capital utilization was 14.2 billion yuan, up 16.3%.

    The sub-index of floor space of vacant commercial houses was 103.28, down by 0.28 points over this July and down by 5.66 points over last July. At the end of this July, the floor space of vacant commercial houses registered 106 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 8.9%. Especially, the floor space of vacant commercial residential houses was 60 million sq.m, up 3.1%.

    The sub-index of sales price of commercial buildings was 104.21, down by 0.28 points over this June and down by 1.96 points over last July. In the first seven months of this year, the average sales price of national commercial buildings showed a year-on-year rise of 9.7%. Especially, the average sales price of commercial residential buildings went up 11%; that of commercial operation buildings went up 0.9%; that of office buildings went up 8.9%.