¡¡¡¡BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- China's real estate sector showed steady growth in September, along with the increase in the completion of construction projects and average housing price, theNational Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡The latest NBS figures show that in September, the real estate index, indicating China's real estate development, reached a record 104.97 points for the year, up 0.51 points from August.

¡¡¡¡From January to September, a total of 113.42 million square meters of housing was built, up 26.4 percent year-on-year.

¡¡¡¡The average housing price in the first nine months was 2,368 yuan (about 286 US dollars) per square meter, up 6.4 percent from the same period last year.

¡¡¡¡Between January and September, a total of 486.3 billion yuan (about 58.73 billion US dollars) was materialized in housing development, a rise of 29.4 percent from a year earlier.

¡¡¡¡According to the NBS, the overall trend of China's real estate index maintained steady in the first nine months, with continuous growth in the last two months. Enditem