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Home Prices in China’s major cities fell at a slightly faster pace in September from the previous month, highlighting persistent weakness in the nation’s real estate market.

Average home prices across China’s 70 biggest cities declined 0.41% in September, widening from the 0.3% drop in the previous month, according to calculations by The Wall Street Journal based on data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.

Of the 70 cities, 63 reported month-on-month price declines, up from 57 in August.

On a yearly basis, home prices fell 2.7% in September, compared with a 3.0% drop in August, with 61 cities posting year-over-year declines versus 65 a month earlier.

For the first nine months of the year, average home prices in the 70 major cities were down 4.1% from a year earlier.

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  October 19, 2025 22:04 ET (02:04 GMT)
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