由于国有土地的使用限制阻碍了资金周转，越来越多的房地产开发商们开始降低房价，中国主要城市的房价在十月份仍在持续下降，这种情况已经持续了两个月。

请看相关英文报道：

Home prices in major Chinese cities fell for a second month in October, with more developers cutting prices as government property curbs crimped their cash flow.

【解析】

上述报道中的"home prices"就是“房价”的意思，而一般直译出来的"house prices"也常被用来指房价，此外，还可以用"housing prices"。

例句：

After a year of record mortgage foreclosures and slumping home prices, Americans are more determined to shape up their flabby finances in 2008 than their bodies, according to a study released by Countrywide Bank on Tuesday.
美国全国银行于本周二公布的一项调查显示，在经历了今年的次贷危机和房价大跳水后，美国人2008年最大的新年愿望就是“财务健康”，其次是“身体健康”。

Unlike share prices, house prices rarely plunge in nominal terms.
和股价不一样，名义房价鲜有下降。

China's housing prices are higher than the United States?
中国的房价高于美国？

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