Bank of China Securities·2026-01-13 00:04Investment Rating - The report rates the real estate industry as "Outperform" [1] Core Views - The current market is under pressure with declining transaction volumes and prices, but there is potential for policy adjustments in the first quarter of the year to stabilize the market [9] - The report suggests focusing on companies with strong fundamentals in core cities, smaller firms with significant breakthroughs, and commercial real estate companies exploring new consumption scenarios [9] Summary by Sections 1. Key City New Housing Market, Second-hand Housing Market, and Inventory Tracking - New housing transaction area decreased by 45.7% month-on-month and 35.6% year-on-year, with a notable increase in the decline rate [20][28] - Second-hand housing transaction area increased by 35.5% month-on-month but decreased by 21.6% year-on-year [51] - New housing inventory area increased by 0.2% month-on-month and decreased by 8.6% year-on-year, with an average de-stocking cycle of 16.3 months [44][45] 2. Land Market Tracking - Total land transaction area across 100 cities was 1,744.7 million square meters, down 60.3% month-on-month and 2.2% year-on-year [67] - Total land transaction value was 32.19 billion, down 71.2% month-on-month and 63.3% year-on-year, with an average floor price of 1,844.7 yuan per square meter [67][73] - The land premium rate was 0.6%, down 7.9 percentage points month-on-month and 4.6 percentage points year-on-year [67][69] 3. Policy Overview - Various cities are optimizing housing fund policies, such as extending the mutual assistance policy for housing fund withdrawals in Chengdu until the end of 2026 [5][104] - In Shenyang, five housing fund loan policies were optimized starting January 2026, including extending the minimum down payment ratio of 15% [5][104] 4. Sector Performance Review - The real estate sector's absolute return was 5.1%, up 5.8 percentage points from the previous week, and the relative return compared to the CSI 300 was 2.3%, up 2.4 percentage points [106][107] - The sector's price-to-earnings ratio was 25.66X, an increase of 1.02X from the previous week [110] 5. Key Company Announcements - New City Holdings reported a shareholding change with its controlling shareholder holding 1.4 billion shares, representing 6.11% of the total [118]