First-half trends show reality of housing realty

The first half of this year was eventful for China's residential property sector for several reasons, industry insiders said.

While updated rules, fresh directives, new-home price drops and worsening sentiment among homebuyers hogged the limelight, industry people kept their focus on some key phrases, buzzwords and terminology that encapsulated the market trend.

Here, China Daily presents a compilation of such property parlance.