{
  "id": 7489008,
  "title": "China's property investment falls 19.9% y/y in the first 8 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/chinas-property-investment-falls-19-9-y-y-in-the-first-8-months",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-15T05:54:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439559/chinas-property-investment-falls-199-yy-in-the-first-8-months"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BEIJING: Property investment in China dropped 19.9% in the first eight months from the same period last year, compared with the 19.2% fall in January-July, official data showed on Tuesday. Property sales by floor area declined 12.1% after a 11.8% drop in the first seven months. New construction starts measured by floor area tumbled 24.8%, versus a 24.0% plunge in the January-to-July period.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}