China Real Estate Index System, which compiles the data together with online real-estate brokerage firm SouFun Holdings Ltd.

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The survey of property developers and real-estate agencies, which the company compiles together with online real-estate brokerage SouFun Holdings Ltd.

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Transaction volume rose 55.7% to 1, 488, 500 square meters in the city, according to real estate news and information portal Soufun.

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It is also the longest decline since Soufun started compiling the data in July 2010, China Daily reported on its website Saturday.

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China's house prices are edging back up now, with SouFun data showing average prices up 0.03% year on year in January, ending eight months of declines.

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Real-estate consultancy Soufun forecasts a growth rate of 6%-7% in new property under construction in 2012, a sharp slowdown from 20.5% in the first 11 months of 2011.

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Notable successes to come out of its prior funds include SouFun Holdings, HangTing, China Kanghui, RDA Microelectronics and Dang Dang, which all went public last year.

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In Shanghai, a survey by Soufun.com, a real estate website, found that 80% of home buyers expected prices to drop further next year, but more than half polled said that they would buy a house within that time period.

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