China home prices were flat in June versus May, calculations based on official data showed on Wednesday, breaking eight straight months of decline in a tentative sign that pro-growth government economic policies are gaining traction. Real estate was cited by the National Bureau of Statistics last week as a restraint on economic activity in the first half of 2012 when it published data revealing Q2 GDP growth of 7.6 percent from a year ago - the slowest expansion in more than three years and the sixth successive quarter of easing growth. The statistics bureau's month-on-month data showed Beijing home prices rose 0.3 ... (full story)