China Sees Largest Drop in New Home Prices in Ten Months
London, 23 February 2024
In January 2024, China's new home prices fell by 0.7% year over year, which was a greater loss than the 0.4% drop the previous month.
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The decline was the highest since March 2023 and has been going on for seven straight months, even as Beijing increased its efforts to lessen the effects of a protracted real estate market slump and a thin economic recovery.
While prices moderated in Beijing (1.3% vs 1.7%), Chongqing (2.0% vs 2.0%), Shanghai (4.2% vs 4.5%), Tianjin (2.1% vs 2.3%), and Shenzhen (-4.1% vs -3.6% in December), prices decreased at quicker rates in Guangzhou (-3.6% vs -3.0%).
January saw a 0.3% monthly decline in new home prices, following a 0.4% decline in December that was the largest decline since February 2015. Source: Trading Economics
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