[real estate industry monthly report: monthly investment growth turns negative to expected policy marginal improvement] from January to September, the total amount of real estate funds in place in the country totaled 15.15 trillion yuan, up 11.1% from the same period last year, and the growth rate was 3.7% lower than that in January-August. In September, real estate development funds reached 1.71 trillion yuan, continued negative growth, down 11.2% from the same period last year.