Investment in Real Estate Development for Jan-Apr

1. The Completion of Real Estate Investment

 

From January to April, the investment in real estate development was 3,551.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.2 percent (calculated on comparable basis, see Annotation 6 for details); among them, the investment in residential buildings was 2,707.2 billion yuan, down 4.9 percent.

 

 

From January to April, the floor space under construction of the real estate development enterprises was 7,712.71 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6 percent. Among them, the floor space of residential buildings under construction was 5,429.68 million square meters, down 5.9 percent. The floor space of buildings newly started was 312.2 million square meters, down 21.2 percent. Among them, the floor space of residential buildings newly started was 229 million square meters, down 20.6 percent. The floor space of buildings completed was 236.78 million square meters, up 18.8 percent. Among them, the floor space of residential buildings completed was 173.96 million square meters, up 19.2 percent.

 

2. Sales of Commercial Buildings

 

From January to April, floor space of commercial buildings sold was 376.36 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4 percent, of which the floor space of residential buildings sold increased by 2.7 percent. The sales of commercial buildings was 3,975 billion yuan, up 8.8 percent, of which the sales of residential buildings increased by 11.8 percent.

 

 

At the end of April, the floor space of the commercial buildings for sale was 644.87 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 15.7 percent. Among them, the floor space of the residential buildings for sale increased by 15.4 percent.

 

3. Funds for Investment This Year for Real Estate Development Enterprises

 

From January to April, the funds for investment for real estate development enterprises were 4,515.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.4 percent. Among them, domestic loans were 614.4 billion yuan, down 10.0 percent; the foreign investment was 1.2 billion yuan, down 69.6 percent; self-raised funds reached 1,296.5 billion yuan, down 19.4 percent; deposits and advance receipts were 1,592.5 billion yuan, up 4.0 percent; individual mortgage reached 822.2 billion yuan, up 2.5 percent.

 

 

4. National Real Estate Climate Index

 

In April, the national real estate climate index was 94.78.

 

 

Real Estate Development and Sales for Jan-Apr

 

 

Real Estate Investment in Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions for Jan-Apr

 

 

Sales of Commercial Buildings in Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions for Jan-Apr

 

 

Annotations:

 

1. Explanation of Indicator

 

The total investment in real estate development this year: refers to the investment of all construction projects for housing, land development projects, public welfare construction and land acquisition costs in the reporting period. The index is cumulatively statistical data based on the principle of image progress.

 

Floor space of commercial buildings sold: refer total areas sold of new commercial buildings in the contract during the reporting period (i.e. area of floor space designated in the formal contract signed by both sides). The index is cumulatively statistical data based on the principle of image progress.

 

Sales of commercial buildings: refers to the total contracted vale of new commercial buildings for sale during the reporting period (i.e. the total value of sales for selling of commercial building as designated in the formal contract signed by both sides). This indicator is cumulative data, as well as the floor space of commercial buildings sold.

 

Floor space of commercial buildings for sale: refers to the area of commercial housing that has not been sold or leased among the completed construction areas of commercial housing available for sale or lease at the end of the reporting period, including the area of housing completed in the previous year and the current period, but excluding the area of housing that cannot be sold or leased, such as demolition and reconstruction, unified construction agency, public supporting buildings, self-use of real estate companies and revolving houses that have been completed in the reporting period.

 

The sources of funds for investment of real estate development enterprises in the year: refers to various currencies and sources of real estate development funds actually available by the real estate development enterprises in the reporting period. Specifically, it includes domestic loans, foreign investment, self-raised funds, deposits and advance receipts, individual mortgage and other funds. The index is cumulatively statistical data based on the principle of image progress.

 

Floor space of buildings under construction: refers to the total floor space of all buildings by the real estate development enterprises during the reference time. Including floor space newly started in current year, floor space of continued construction of the building from the former period, floor space of stopped or postponed in the previous period but recovered in current year, floor space completed during current year, and newly started floor space in current year but postponed. Floor space under construction of multi-story buildings refers to the total floor space of all stories.

 

Floor space of buildings newly started: refers to floor space of buildings newly started by the real estate development enterprises during the reference time, the unit project as the accounting object. Not including continued construction area of buildings which started in the previous period, and restarted construction area in the current year but stopped or postponed in the previous period. Specific due date is subject to starts to housing officially began ground-breaking gouge (ground treatment or permanent piles). Floor space of buildings newly started refers to the entire floor spaces of whole building; the calculation cannot be separated.

 

Floor space of buildings completed: refers to housing construction during the reporting period have been completed in accordance with design requirements, achieved to living and conditions of use, acceptance of accreditation standards or to the final acceptance, total building areas could formally hand over to be used.

 

2. Statistics Coverage

 

All real estate development and corporate business units.

 

3. Survey Methods

 

Collected monthly with complete enumeration (no report in January).

 

4. Brief Description on National Real Estate Climate Index

 

The national real estate climate index follows the theory of economic cycle fluctuation, based on the business cycle theory and business cycle analysis, using time series, multivariate statistics, econometric analysis, taking real estate development and investment as the benchmarks, selecting related indicators such as real estate investment, capital, area, sales, excluding the impact of seasonal factors, including random factors, compiled by adopting the growth rate cycles method. The historical data will be revised monthly according to the newly added data. National real estate index selected year 2012 as the base year, and its growth rate was set at 100. Typically, the most appropriate level of national real estate climate index is 100, the moderate level is between 95 and 105, the lower level is below 95, and the higher level is above 105.

 

5. Division on Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions

 

Eastern region includes Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. Central region includes Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan. Western region includes Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. Northeastern region includes Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.

 

6. Explanation of Year-on-Year Growth Rate

 

The growth rate of indicators, including investment in real estate development and floor space of commercial building sold, are calculated on comparable basis. There are non-comparable factors between data during the reporting period and data of the same period of the previous year that have announced, so it is incorrect to directly calculate the growth rate by dividing the data of two different years. The main reasons are: (1) in order to strengthen management for the projects in the inventory, the sales data of commercial building that broke the contract have been revised. (2) In order to strengthen statistical law enforcement, the error data found in inspections have been revised in accordance with the relevant provisions. (3) In order to strengthen the data quality management, the investment in non-real estate development projects and sales data of mortgaged buildings have been eliminated.