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CHINA PRESS: Over the past seven-day-long National Day Holiday, the property

market experienced a pullback from its peak, the newspaper 21st Century Business

Herald said on Tuesday, citing analysts. 

  - Beijing recorded a total of 235 new commercial housings and 44 second-hand

commercial housings in sales during the Holiday, according to Centaline Property

Agency;

  - Other first-tier cities -- Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen -- have recorded

total sales of 645, 656 and 226 new homes, respectively, continuing the downturn

of more than a year, the newspaper said, citing Centaline;

  - More than 10 major real estate developers have offered discounts in over 50

key cities around the nation, according to the 58 Anjuke Institute. It is

expected that the downward trend of housing prices will be expanded to more

cities in the fourth quarter, Anjuke noted.