TABLE-China's property price changes in December

BEIJING, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Following is a breakdown of average new home price changes in
major Chinese cities in December, announced by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
Home price figures published since January 2011 are not comparable with previous periods as
the agency has introduced a new method for calculating the data.
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(Percent change from a year earlier):
Nationwide* Beijing Tianjin Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chongqing
2012Dec -0.04 1.6 0.8 0.0 2.3 0.8 1.3
Nov -0.7 0.7 0.4 -0.8 0.7 -0.7 0.6
Oct -1.1 -0.2 -0.4 -1.3 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1
Sep -1.3 -0.5 -0.6 -1.6 -0.7 -2.1 -0.5
Aug -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1.5 -1.0 -2.2 -0.9
Jul -1.5 -0.7 -1.1 -1.5 -1.3 -2.4 -1.5
Jun -1.5 -1.0 -1.0 -1.5 -1.6 -2.5 -1.9
May -1.5 -1.2 -1.1 -1.6 -1.6 -2.3 -1.9
Apr -1.2 -1.0 -1.6 -1.3 -1.2 -1.6 -1.8
Mar -0.7 -0.8 -1.2 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 -1.5
Feb 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.4 0.3 -0.2 -1.1
Jan 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.1 1.0 -0.7
2011Dec 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.8 3.1 3.1 -0.6
Nov 2.2 1.3 2.0 2.4 6.0 4.1 0.1
Oct 2.8 1.7 2.9 2.9 6.1 4.4 1.2
Sep 3.5 1.8 3.1 3.1 6.3 4.5 2.2
Aug 4.1 1.9 3.4 2.8 7.0 4.9 4.2
Jul 4.3 1.9 4.2 2.5 6.4 4.7 5.6
Jun 4.2 2.2 3.9 2.2 5.4 4.6 5.8
May 4.1 2.1 3.4 1.4 5.1 3.7 5.3
Apr 4.3 2.8 4.9 1.3 3.8 3.1 5.3
Mar 5.2 4.9 6.6 1.7 2.7 3.1 5.6
Feb 5.7 6.8 6.7 2.3 0.6 3.2 6.2
Jan 5.9 6.8 6.7 1.5 0.1 3.1 7.9

(Percent change from a month earlier):
Nationwide* Beijing Tianjin Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chongqing
2012Dec 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.4
Nov 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5
Oct 0.05 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2
Sep 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 -0.1
Aug 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2
Jul 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
Jun 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.0
May -0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
Apr -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.0
Mar -0.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 0.2
Feb -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1
Jan -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2
2011Dec -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3
Nov -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1
Oct -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2
Sep 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Aug 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Jul 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2
Jun 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
May 0.2 0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2
Apr 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3
Mar 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6
Feb 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.4
Jan 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.7 2.0 -0.1
Note: * The nationwide index is a weighted average calculated by Reuters.

(Reporting By Xiaoyi Shao and Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)