CityRE Data is a professionally managed, nationwide property market database continuously updated over 20+ years. It systematically records market conditions across China's cities and residential communities. CityRE controls the full data pipeline — from collection and governance through maintenance, enrichment and application — ensuring the dataset is sustainable, consistent and fit for institutional use.
Comprehensive baseline data covering all administrative levels, residential communities and urban facilities nationwide — including address attributes, geographic coordinates, spatial characteristics, and community planning and construction features.
Market-wide listing and sales data across rental, second-hand and new-build segments, spanning residential, apartment, retail and office property types. Continuously updated over 20+ years.
A structured indicator system covering market activity, liquidity trends and price levels — disaggregated by geography (national, city, county, sub-district, community, compound) and by property type (residential, apartment, retail, office) and market segment (rental, second-hand, new-build). Published monthly, quarterly and annually.
Deep analytical work on the causal relationships driving real estate cycles, urban divergence and property value change. Coverage includes national housing conditions, urban trajectory, community vitality, project-level valuation, and automated valuation models (AVM) — enabling users to assess market cycles and make precise investment judgements.
CityRE aggregates data from web collection, user interaction, partner co-construction and public sources, broadening coverage and ensuring representativeness.
Systematic standardisation, deduplication and anomaly detection ensure consistency; deep cross-source fusion further improves quality and usability.
A continuous discovery and maintenance workflow sustains data quality and expands content coverage over time.
Consumer and institutional application platforms — Fang Guanjia (individual users) and creprice.cn (institutional users) — generate user interaction and feedback that feeds directly back into data quality improvement, supporting the long-term sustainability of the dataset.
The spatial baseline covers 100% of all administrative boundaries nationwide, over 98% of residential compounds, and comprehensive urban public facilities. Transaction data spans residential, apartment, retail and office assets with 20+ years of continuous records — fully reflecting both aggregate market conditions and regional divergence.
Built from large-scale listing and sales data, the dataset undergoes continuous governance and multi-source cross-validation. The resulting indicators reflect what the market actually recorded, not modelled or imputed estimates.
CityRE tracks price movements, rental trends, active areas and liquidity shifts on an ongoing basis, enabling early identification of market expansion, contraction and emerging risk.
| Geographic coverage | Nationwide — all provincial capitals, prefectural cities, districts and residential communities across China |
|---|---|
| Property types | Residential (new builds & second-hand), Apartment, Office, Commercial / Retail |
| Market indicators | Transaction price, rental price, listing price, market activity index, liquidity score |
| Historical depth | 20+ years — continuous records from 2000 to present |
| Update frequency | Continuous — data updated as market activity is recorded |
| Geographic granularity | Community level (小区) — the most granular standard unit in Chinese residential real estate |
CityRE data is available under institutional licensing. We offer:
for research institutions and large-scale analytical use
specific cities, time periods, property types or indicators
for platforms requiring programmatic data integration
collaborative data provision for academic projects
| Dataset | Contents | Unit | Volume | Start Year | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Urban Spatial Fundamentals | |||||
| Address System | |||||
| Address hierarchy (place name, category, attributes, coordinates) | |||||
| Administrative divisions (province / city / county / township) | entries | 45.89K | Annual | ||
| Villages | entries | 491.95K | Annual | ||
| Urban residential communities (estates, apartments, senior communities) | entries | 720.01K | Sync | ||
| Other (commercial, public service, office, industrial park, green space, transport hub) | entries | 1.23M | Annual | ||
| Address knowledge (place-name history, building–road relationships, splits/merges, ambiguous names) | entries | Sync | |||
| Buildings Area | |||||
| Attributes (planning metrics, building type, construction year, etc.) | entries | 2M | Sync | ||
| Building details (blocks, units, rooms) | entries | Sync | |||
| Photos | images | Sync | |||
| Urban Governance | |||||
| Functional zones | zones | 374 | Annual | ||
| Urban communities | entries | 127K | Annual | ||
| Road Network | Attributes (planning metrics, construction year, etc.) | entries | 448.72K | Annual | |
| II. RE Transaction Big Data | |||||
| Listings | |||||
| Basic property information | units | 195.80M | Sync | ||
| Residential for sale | records | 1.45B | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Residential for rent (incl. co-living) | records | 946.97M | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Apartment for sale | records | 2003 | Real-time | ||
| Apartment for rent | records | 2003 | Real-time | ||
| Retail for sale | records | 38.97M | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Retail for rent | records | 37.84M | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Office for sale | records | 17.82M | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Office for rent | records | 66.81M | 2003 | Real-time | |
| Developments | |||||
| New development sales prices | records | 1.91M | 2010 | Real-time | |
| Build-to-rent apartment rents | records | 2018 | Real-time | ||
| III. Property Valuation Indicators | |||||
| Valuation Indicators | Objects: Nationwide, Cities (including districts, counties, towns, and subdistricts), Residential Communities, Real Estate Projects Usage: Residential, Apartments, Retail, Office Markets: Rental Housing (including shared rentals), Second-hand Homes, New Properties Indicators: Active Areas, Mobility Trends, Price Levels | ||||
| National (active county count, new listings, median price) | records | 1K | 2010 | Monthly | |
| City (active community count, new listings, avg. price) | records | 479K | 2005 | Monthly | |
| District (active community count, new listings, avg. price) | records | 2.65M | 2005 | Monthly | |
| Sub-district (active community count, new listings, avg. price) | records | 2.02M | 2005 | Monthly | |
| Community (active community count, new listings, avg. price) | entries | 2.84M | 2005 | Monthly | |
| Estate (new listings, avg. price) | entries | 81.73M | 2005 | Monthly | |
| IV. Urban & Real Estate Intelligence | |||||
| National Housing Conditions | |||||
| Real estate cycle (price-to-rent ratio, prices & rents) | 2010 | Monthly | |||
| Urban divergence (active areas and spatial shifts across rental, second-hand, new markets) | 2010 | Monthly | |||
| Price bubble indicator (price deviation from rental fundamentals) | 2010 | Monthly | |||
| Urban Evolution | |||||
| City evolution (expansion/contraction, price bubble, residential attractiveness) | All cities | 2005 | Monthly | ||
| Existing housing stock (scale, mix, condition, pipeline) | 2005 | Annual | |||
| Housing market (rental, second-hand, new) | 2005 | Monthly | |||
| Resident housing conditions (per-capita housing, rental & price affordability) | 2005 | Annual | |||
| Community Vitality | |||||
| Urban functions & facility coverage | All communities | 2005 | Annual | ||
| Housing density & resident profile | 2005 | Annual | |||
| Housing asset value & consumption level | 2005 | Monthly | |||
| Retail leasing activity & tenant size diversity | 2005 | Monthly | |||
| Area evolution trend | 2005 | Annual | |||
| Project Valuation | |||||
| Residential estate (asset value, activity trend, living quality, operational status, market confidence) | All projects | 2005 | Monthly | ||
| Commercial / income-producing assets (total return, rental yield, asset premium) | 2005 | Monthly | |||
| New developments (sales prices, resale market performance, local market outlook) | 2010 | Monthly | |||
| Automated Valuation Model (AVM) | Automated property valuation (use: residential / apartment / retail / office; type: price or rent; point-in-time: current or historical) | 2005 | Real-time | ||
| Housing Affordability Index (co-developed with Renmin University of China) | |||||
| Price affordability index (rational expectation basis) | records | 135 cities | 2010 | Annual | |
| Rental affordability index | records | 2010 | Annual | ||
| Housing Market Expectation & Sentiment Index (co-developed with Renmin University of China) | |||||
| Rational expectation index (city and district level) | records | All cities | 2005 | Monthly | |
| Irrational expectation index (city and district level) | records | All cities | 2005 | Monthly | |
| Sentiment index (city and district level) | records | All cities | 2005 | Daily | |