FILE: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of buildings under construction
2. Various of apartment building models
3. Various of home buyers talking to agents

FILE: Shanghai, China - August, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of traffic, residential buildings

Xiamen City, Fujian Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of residential buildings
6. Various of interiors of apartment

FILE: Shanghai, China - Date Unknown(CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of apartments, showrooms

Shanghai, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of traffic, exteriors of real estate agency outlets
9. Real estate agent working at computer
10. Computer screen showing apartment information
11. Various of real estate agent introducing apartment to client

China continued to see an easing housing market in August under strengthened market regulations, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday.

New home prices in four first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guagnzhou and Shenzhen rose 0.3 percent month on month in August, representing a slower growth pace from the 0.4 percent seen in July, according to the NBS data.

A total of 31 second-tier cities witnessed a month-on-month increase of 0.2 percent in new home prices, while 35 third-tier cities saw month-on-month growth in new home prices remaining unchanged at 0.2 percent.

With the country continuing to maintain the principle that "housing is for living in, not for speculation, China's housing market is expected to operate in a steady and stable way, the NBS said.