Housing prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities rose 7.8 percent in December 2009 from a year earlier, up 1.5 percent compared to the previous month, said the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
The property price increase stood at 5.7 percent in November year-on-year.
Prices of new houses in December rose 9.1 percent from the same month last year, and were up 1.9 percent from November.
In December, prices of second-hand houses in the 70 main cities rose 6.8 percent from the previous year, and 1.0 percent from the previous month.
