Beijing's sizzling apartment-rental² market cooled in August following three consecutive³ months of rises in both transactions and prices, the Beijing Morning Post reported last Thursday.

《北京晨报》上周四报道，在经过连续三个月的交易量和价格上升过后，八月份北京白热化的租房市场有所降温。

Transactions related to rental apartments decreased by 6.8 percent in August over July, while the average rent was on par¹ with that of July, at 4,762 yuan ($713) per unit, according to the market research institute of Chinese real estate⁴ service B.A.5I5J Group.

据中国房地产服务集团我爱我家的市场调查显示，虽然八月的租金和七月不相上下，都是每套公寓均价为4762元，但是相比七月，八月份的租房交易量下降6.8%。

One-bedroom apartments were the most popular, accounting⁶ for 30.8 percent of all transactions last month, an increase of 0.5 percentage points over July, while the average rent for them was 4,285 yuan per unit, up 2.1 percent month-on-month.

一居室最受追捧，占上月总交易量30.8%，这一数字同比七月上涨0.5%，交易平均租金为每套4285元，每月上涨2.1%。

In contrast, apartments with two, three or more bedrooms all saw a slight drop in rent from their July levels.

与此相反，两室、三室甚至更多房间的租金相比七月水平有了轻微下降。

In other first-tier cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, one-bedroom apartments were also the most favored by tenants⁷, showed a rental market report for the first half of 2016 released by 58.com, the leading classified service in China.

中国领先的分类服务门户58同城公布的2016年上半年租房市场报告显示，在包括上海、广州和深圳的其它一线城市，一居室也最受租客追捧。

Hu Jinghui, the vice⁵ president of B.A.&5I5J Group, said the apartment-rental market usually sees booming business in the period shortly after Chinese New Year and the summer graduation season, while in between the peak seasons the market is generally slack.

我爱我家集团副总裁胡景晖表示，春节过后不久和夏季毕业季期间，租房市场通常会欣欣向荣，然而在两个高峰季期间，市场通常会比较疲软。

"With the ease of the discrepancy⁸ between supply and demand, rental rates lack the momentum⁹ for a further rise," Hu said. "As for the Beijing market, rates may gradually fall in the fourth quarter."

胡景晖说道：“随着需求差的减少，租房率缺乏进一步上升的动力。至于北京市场的租房率，有可能在第四季度逐渐下降。”