China December new home prices rise a touch faster, survey shows
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FILE PHOTO: Sale signs adorn residential buildings under construction in Huizhou, Guangdong province, China October 10, 2024. Picture taken through a windshield. REUTERS/Nicoco Chan/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - Prices of new homes in China rose at a slightly faster pace in December, a private survey showed on Wednesday, as the crisis-hit property sector struggles to find a bottom on the heels of a slew of supportive government policies.
The average price of new homes across 100 cities edged up 0.37% from a month earlier, compared with the 0.36% rise in November, according to data from property researcher China Index Academy.
On a year-on-year basis, the average price rose 2.68% in December, versus 2.40% growth in the previous month.
Official data for home prices will be released by China's statistics bureau on Jan. 17.
China's policymakers in recent months doubled down on their efforts to revive the sector, which crashed in 2021 after a government-led campaign to rein in indebted developers left them severely cash-strapped.
Since September, measures aimed at encouraging homebuying have included cutting mortgage rates and minimum down-payments, as well as tax incentives.
(Reporting by Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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