KAIYUAN SECURITIES·2025-05-19 08:55Investment Rating - The industry investment rating is "Positive" (maintained) [1] Core Viewpoints - The sales area decline has continued to narrow in the first four months of 2025, with high-energy cities showing higher transaction heat [5][14] - The new housing starts have decreased significantly, impacting construction data, while completion areas are still declining year-on-year [6][19] - The decline in real estate development investment has expanded, with weak willingness to start new projects [7][20] - Domestic loan growth has turned positive, but sales collection pressure remains significant [24] Summary by Sections Sales Performance - In the first four months of 2025, the national commodity housing sales area was 283 million square meters, down 2.8% year-on-year, with residential sales area down 2.1% [5][14] - The sales amount for commodity housing was 2.70 trillion yuan, down 3.2% year-on-year, with residential sales amount down 1.9% [5][14] - In April 2025, the sales area and amount were down 2.1% and 6.7% year-on-year, respectively, with a monthly average price decline of 4.7% [5][14] Construction and Investment - The new housing starts in the first four months of 2025 were 178 million square meters, down 23.8% year-on-year [6][19] - The completion area was 156 million square meters, down 16.9% year-on-year, indicating continued pressure on construction [6][19] - Real estate development investment in the first four months was 2.77 trillion yuan, down 10.3% year-on-year, primarily due to declining new starts [7][20] Financing and Market Outlook - The total funds available for real estate development enterprises were 3.26 trillion yuan, down 4.1% year-on-year, with domestic loans showing a positive growth of 0.8% [24] - The investment suggestion indicates a recovery trend in core cities since March 2025, with a recommendation for companies that can capture improvement-driven customer demand [30]