China's property investment falls 17.2% in 2025

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 01/18/26 09:00 PM EST

BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Property investment in China dropped 17.2% in 2025, ?widening from the ?15.9% year-on-year fall in ?the first ?11 ?months, official data showed ?on Monday.

Property ?sales by floor area decreased ?8.7%, ?after ?falling 7.8% in the January-to-November period.

New construction starts ?measured by floor area slumped 20.4%, after a 20.5% dive ?in ?the first 11 months.

Funds raised ?by property developers in 2025 fell 13.4%, after dropping 11.9% in January-November. (Reporting by ?Liangping Gao, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo; ?Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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