Housing prices in Fuzhou, capital city of southeastern Fujian Province, posted the fastest increase of 10.4 percent in November, followed by Beijing with a rise of 10.3 percent.

Housing prices in coastal cities including Shenzhen, Xiamen and Qinhuangdao also posted an increase of over 9 percent.

Shanghai is the only city that witnessed a slight drop of 0.1 percent in housing prices in November. Real estate prices in Shanghai have been in decline since last December.

Housing prices in Beijing again rose by double-digits for the sixth successive month.

In November, the average prices of second-hand houses in the 70 cities rose by 5.2 percent over the same period of last year and the prices of commercial buildings increased 4 percent year-on-year.

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