In the January-November period of the current year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 10.0387 trillion ($1.52 trillion), up 7.5 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.3 percentage points compared that recorded in the January-October period this year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Investments in residential dwellings in China in the January-November period this year amounted to RMB 6.867 trillion ($1.04 trillion), rising by 9.7 percent year on year, accounting for 68.4 percent of total real estate investments in the country during the given period.
In the period in question, new commercial real estate sold in China covered a total area of 1.46568 billion m2, up 7.9 percent on year-on-year basis. The total area covered by new residential buildings sold in China in the given period increased by 5.4 percent, the total area covered by new office buildings sold rose by 26.7 percent, while the total area of new commercial business space sold during the given period was up 19.3 percent, all year on year.