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Secondary home prices in China's tier-one cities rose for the fourth consecutive month through early August 2026, according to the latest housing market data, while the broader national picture remains characterized by pronounced divergence — with the 100-city index

Inventory Pressure Starts to Ease China's secondary housing market is showing the first meaningful signs of inventory normalisation in years. For the week ending August 12, 15 monitored cities reported secondary home transaction volumes up 4.6% year-on-year,

A Two-Speed Recovery Emerges China's housing market is sending sharply divergent signals across city tiers, with tier-one cities powering a recovery while lower-tier markets lag. For the week of August 2–8 (Week 32), 30 major cities logged

A Tier-3 Market Under Pressure Jinhua, a tier-3 city in Zhejiang Province, illustrates the challenges facing smaller Chinese urban markets: new commercial housing transactions fell 27.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2026 to 8,670 units, with total

Beijing Defies the National Trend Beijing recorded 93,500 second-hand home transactions in the first half of 2026, the National Bureau of Statistics confirmed — the highest H1 total since 2021 and a 5.7% year-on-year increase. The result places Beijing

A Contrarian in a Falling Market While 92 of 100 Chinese cities saw second-hand home prices fall in July 2026, Shenzhen's luxury resale market posted a 5.7% month-on-month gain — a performance that underscores the structural strength of

July 2026: A Story of Two Markets China's 100-city housing data for July 2026, released by the China Index Academy on August 1, presents a textbook case of market bifurcation. New-home prices rose a marginal 0.26% month-on-month

Strong Start to August Shanghai's property market logged 267 new-home transactions and 381 second-hand deals on August 10, 2026, bringing the city's combined daily total to 648 units — one of the highest single-day readings in recent