[national Bureau of Statistics: national real estate development investment fell 6.2% from January to April compared with the same period last year] data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from January to April, national real estate development investment totaled 3.5514 trillion yuan, down 6.2 percent from the same period last year. Residential investment is 2.7072 trillion yuan, down 4.9%. From January to April, the sales area of commercial housing was 376.36 million square meters, down 0.4% from the same period last year, of which the residential sales area increased by 2.7%. Sales of commercial housing totaled 3.975 trillion yuan, up 8.8 percent, of which residential sales increased by 11.8 percent.