{"id":"china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","language":"en","title":"China property development investment falls 19.9% in January-August","summary":"New home starts dropped 24.8%, while existing-home transaction floor space rose 10.6%.","body":["Investment in China’s real-estate development totaled 4.80 trillion yuan in January-August, down 19.9% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on 16 September. Residential development investment fell 19.7%.","Newly started building floor space declined 24.8%, and sales of newly built commercial buildings by floor area fell 12.1%. In contrast, floor space in online transactions of second-hand housing increased 10.6%. Funds available to property developers from January through August were down 21.0% year over year."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"China property development investment falls 19.9% in January-August\n\nNew home starts dropped 24.8%, while existing-home transaction floor space rose 10.6%.\n\nInvestment in China’s real-estate development totaled 4.80 trillion yuan in January-August, down 19.9% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on 16 September. Residential development investment fell 19.7%.\n\nNewly started building floor space declined 24.8%, and sales of newly built commercial buildings by floor area fell 12.1%. In contrast, floor space in online transactions of second-hand housing increased 10.6%. Funds available to property developers from January through August were down 21.0% year over year.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-16","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics of China","url":"https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260916_1965342.html","publishedAt":"2026-09-16","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/china-real-estate-investment-january-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}