Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Overweight" rating for the real estate industry [4][6] Core Insights - The report highlights that the current policy environment is being driven by fundamental pressures, suggesting that the policy response may exceed the measures taken in 2008 and 2014 [4] - Real estate is viewed as an early-cycle indicator, serving as a barometer for economic trends, making it a strategic investment focus [4] - The competitive landscape within the industry is improving, with leading state-owned enterprises and select mixed-ownership and private companies performing well in land acquisition and sales [4] - The report continues to favor investment in first-tier cities and two-thirds of second-tier cities, indicating that this city combination has shown better performance during sales rebounds [4] - Supply-side policies, including land storage and management of idle land, are critical areas to monitor, with first and second-tier cities expected to benefit more [4] Summary by Sections New Housing Market - In the week, new housing transaction area in 30 cities was 2.111 million square meters, down 0.2% week-on-week and down 26.1% year-on-year [2] - The cumulative new housing transaction area for the year in these cities is 78.941 million square meters, reflecting a year-on-year decline of 5.7% [2] Second-Hand Housing Market - The transaction area for second-hand housing in 14 sample cities was 2.117 million square meters, down 4.4% week-on-week and down 16.3% year-on-year [2] - Year-to-date, the cumulative transaction area for second-hand housing is 84.533 million square meters, showing a year-on-year increase of 13.9% [2] Credit Bonds - In the week of October 20-26, 18 credit bonds from real estate companies were issued, totaling 18.030 billion yuan, an increase of 10.155 billion yuan from the previous week [3] - The net financing amount reached 11.171 billion yuan, reflecting an increase of 8.309 billion yuan week-on-week [3] Market Performance - The report notes that the Shenwan Real Estate Index had a cumulative change of 1.5%, lagging behind the CSI 300 Index by 1.73 percentage points, ranking 18th among 31 Shenwan primary industries [14] - A total of 89 stocks in the real estate sector rose this week, with the top five gainers being Xinhua Lian, Mianshi Investment, Wan Fang Development, Rongfeng Holdings, and Shen Zhen Ye A, with gains of 61.0%, 27.6%, 23.4%, 19.8%, and 14.7% respectively [14]