BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s new home prices grew at their slowest pace in eight months last month, official data showed on Wednesday (Sept 15), as a slew of measures to cool the country’s red-hot property market took a toll on demand in the world’s second-largest economy.<\/p>\n
Average new home prices in China’s 70 major cities grew 0.2 per cent last month from a month earlier, slowing from a 0.3 per cent gain in July, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).<\/p>\n
Compared with a year earlier, China’s new home prices grew 4.2 per cent last month, down from a 4.6 per cent increase in July.<\/p>\n
The authorities have stepped up efforts to contain home prices and limit leverage in the property market this year, introducing measures such as caps on property developers’ debt ratio and limits on banks’ lending to the sector.<\/p>\n
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