The China Building Materials Circulation Association recently released data that in May 2026, the national building materials and home prosperity index (BHI) was 129.68, up 13.60 points from the previous month and 3.96 points from the same period last year. The monthly sales of building materials and home stores above the national scale in May were 128.694 billion yuan, up 15.07 percent from the previous month and 2.86 percent from the same period last year. The cumulative sales from January to May were 548.496 billion yuan, down 4.01 percent from the same period last year.

The Association pointed out that the BHI rebound was mainly driven by the May Day holiday consumption boom, the release of the wedding decoration season and the centralized landing of "trade-in" subsidies for homes around the country in May. In the property market, in May, the State Council issued the "Urban Renewal" Fifteenth Five-Year Plan ", many places to optimize the purchase restriction policy, new housing transactions continued weak repair, urban differentiation is obvious. Stock transformation overlay old community and urban village quality improvement project promotion, is becoming the most stable growth pole of building materials home industry, effectively hedge the weak pressure of new housing start, support the industry toughness operation.