China real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• Average price: $4,636 / m²
• Gross rental yield: 2.02%
• Price basis: national average

Residential property in China averages $4,636 per square metre. That makes it the 88th most expensive of the 264 markets in the set.

What a buyer pays in China

The $4,636 figure is a national average across all residential property types, which flattens a wide spread — the capital typically runs far above it and small towns far below. Inside China we track 3 local markets separately: Shenzhen at $13,730 (196.2% above the national figure) down to Beijing at $12,499.

What it earns

A square metre lets for about $7.8 a month. Against a purchase price of $4,636 per square metre that is 2% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 303rd of 311 markets by gross yield.

How this figure is built

The price figure for China is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data low — treat the figures as indicative and check them before acting. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.

Sources: Numbeo China · numbeo.com · stats.gov.cn · waizi.org.cn · sixthtone.com · api.frankfurter.dev. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.