Chinese home prices down again in March
三月份房产价格继续下跌
New data shows that China's real estate market is still shrinking, with new house prices for March registering month-on-month declines in most of the surveyed cities.
新的数据显示中国房地产市场仍在紧缩,在大部分受调查城市,三月份房产价格比上月出现下跌 。
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that new house prices prices fell in 50 of 70 large and medium-sized cities. And prices in each of the 70 surveyed cities dropped compared to same time last year, with the sharpest decline registered at 11.2%. However, new house prices did stay the same in eight cities, including Shanghai and Haikou, while 12 cities -- including the capital Beijing -- actuallysaw an increase.
国家统计局发布的数据显示,在受调查的70个大中型城市,50个城市的新建房屋价格下跌 。与去年同期相比,所有70个受调查城市的房价均出现下降,下跌幅度最大的为11.2% 。然而,在八座城市,新房价格保持不变,包括上海和海口 。而在12个城市房价则出现上涨,包括首都北京 。
Meanwhile, for existing houses, 48 cities saw price declines, 12 cities posted gains, and 10 were unchanged. Existing house prices, in 69 of the 70 cities, dropped year-on-year, with the sharpest decline registered at 13.5%. The only increase was 0.4 percent.
与此同时,48座城市二手房价格下跌,12个城市上涨,10个城市保持不变 。70个受调查城市中69个城市的二手房价格与去年同期相比出现下降,最大下跌幅度为13.5% 。唯一一个价格出现上涨的城市上涨幅度仅为0.4% 。