REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Property sales by floor area in China fell 7.8% year-on-year in January-October, compared with a 7.5% slide in the first nine months of 2023, suggesting China's property sector is yet to emerge from its slump.
Property investment in the first 10 months of 2023 fell 9.3% from a year earlier, after dropping 9.1% in January-September, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released on Wednesday.
New construction starts measured by floor area fell 23.2% year-on-year, after a 23.4% slump in the first nine months.
Funds raised by China's property developers were down 13.8% year-on-year after a 13.5% fall in January-September.
(This story has been corrected to change sales fall percentage to 7.8%, from 6.8%, in the headline and paragraph 1)Reporting by Liangping Gao, Ella Cao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Sam HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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