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 Jan-July housing investment up 11.6% 
(chinadaily.com.cn) 
 
Updated: 2009-08-10 17:09 
 During the same period, floor space under construction totaled 2.51 billion square meters, up 12.5 percent year-on-year. Developers also bought 163.09 million square meter land plots during the first seven month, down 25.8 percent year-on-year. Developers raised 2.86 trillion yuan in capital from banks, foreign investors, and other sources of money. That figure is a 28.7 percent year-on-year increase.  |