An increasing proportion of A-share investors are buying properties and the move will promote further development of the real estate market in China, said a report published by the Survey and Research Center for China Household Finance.

It said 37 million Chinese households undertook stock market-related investments in the second quarter, accounting for 8.8 percent of all the households in China.

The report said property purchases by Chinese households owning shares and those that did not remained same in the first quarter.