NextFin News -- The sold prices of existing residential properties in China's four largest cities, known as first-tier cities, dropped by 7.6% year-on-year in February, with the decline remaining the same as the previous month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
Specifically, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen saw decreases of 8.4%, 6.2%, 8.5%, and 7.1%, respectively.
In second-tier cities, the sold prices of existing residential properties in February fell by 6.2%, with the decline remaining unchanged from the previous month. In third-tier cities, the sold prices of existing residential properties decreased by 6.3%, with the decline widening by 0.2 percentage points.
The average sold prices of newly built commercial residential properties in China's four largest cities in February fell by 2.2% year-on-year, with the decline widending by 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Among the four big-four cities, Shanghai saw an increase of 4.2%, while Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen experienced declines of 2.3%, 5.1%, and 5.5%, respectively.
In second- and third-tier cities, the sold prices of newly built commercial residential properties fell by 3.1% and 4.0% year-on-year, with the declines widening by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points, respectively.
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