IIn this April, the business boom index of national houses was 101.90, down by 0.29 points over this March and down by 3.43 points over last April

    The sub-index of land area developed was 93.46, down by 1.52 points over this March and down by 6.64 points over last April. In the first four months of this year, the nationwide land area developed was 46.22 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 12.1%.

    The sub-index of floor space of vacant commercial houses was 102.32, down by 1.02 points over this March and down by 4.52 points over last April. At the end of this April, the nationwide floor space of vacant commercial houses was 102.63 million sq.m, a year-on-year rise of 6.9%. Especially, the floor space of vacant commercial residential houses was 59.71 million sq.m., up 0.8%.

    The sub-index of the fund sources of this year was 99.35, down by 0.32 point over this March and down by 8.92 points over last April. In the first four months of this year, the fund sources of the nationwide real estate enterprises totaled 614.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 26.6%. Among those fund sources, the domestic loans was 127.2 billion yuan, up 12.3%; the enterprise fundraising was 206.2 billion yuan, up 33.2%; the down payment and payment in advance was 227.6 billion yuan, up 28.4%; the utilized foreign investment was 6.6 billion yuan, up 0.3%.

    The sub-index of sales price of commercial houses was 110.57, down by 0.63 points over this March and up by 6.64 points over last April. In the first four months of this year, the national average price of commercial houses went up 12.5% year on year. Especially, the average price of commercial residential houses went up 13.6%, the sales price of commercial operation houses went up 10.5%, the sales price of office buildings went up 2.5%.

    The sub-index of floor space of houses under construction was 101.75, up by 0.99 points over this March and down by 7.80 points over last April. In the first four months of this year, the floor space of nationwide houses under construction was 963 million sq.m., a year-on-year rise of 20%. Specifically speaking, the floor space of residential houses was 742 million sq.m., up 19.3%; that of office buildings under construction was 43.82 million sq.m., up 22.8%; that of commercial operation houses was 121 million sq.m., up 21.9%.

    The sub-index of the investment in real estate development was 100.17, up by 1.09 points over this March and down by 4.16 points over last April. In the first four months of this year, the investment in the nationwide real estate development totaled 340.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 25.9%. Specifically speaking, the investment in residential buildings was 225.7 billion yuan, up 24%; that in the economic houses reached 9.7 billion yuan, down 17.9%, accounting for 2.8% in all the investment of real estate development declining from 2.8% of the same period of last year.