Mainland real estate investment growth slows to 13.7pc
Annual growth in mainland real estate investment dropped to the slowest pace in almost five years in the first seven months of the year.
Mainland real estate investment grew at the slowest pace in almost five years in the first seven months of the year, official data showed yesterday, posing the biggest downside risk to government efforts to ensure the 7.5 per cent economic growth target for the year is met.
Real estate investment rose 13.7 per cent year on year in the seven months, the slowest rate since August 2009, and down from an increase of 14.1 per cent in the first half of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
The agency provides only cumulative, year-to-date data.
The mainland economy is heavily reliant on real estate investment, which accounted for 15.6 per cent of gross domestic product in the first half of the year. The proportion was even higher in some regions, reaching 36.3 per cent in the province of Hainan.
Property sales revenue in the first seven months fell 8.2 per cent year on year, deepening from a drop of 6.7 per cent in the first half.