[statistics Bureau: sales prices of newly built commercial housing in first-tier cities rose 0.3% month on month in March] according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, among the 70 large and medium-sized cities in March, the sales prices of new commercial housing and second-hand housing rose in 64 and 57 cities respectively, an increase of 9 and 17 respectively over the previous month. In March, the sales price of new commercial housing in first-tier cities rose 0.3% from the previous month, an increase of 0.1% over the previous month, while the price of second-hand housing rose 0.5% from the previous month, down 0.2% from the previous month. The sales prices of new commercial housing and second-hand housing in second-tier cities rose 0.6% and 0.3% respectively from the previous month, an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the previous month. The price of new commercial housing in third-tier cities rose 0.3% from the previous month, the same increase as the previous month, while the price of second-hand housing rose 0.2% from the previous month.