2006: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2006, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2006 retail prices: 156.5, a +5.6% change from the previous December.

This report shows indices, not property prices or monthly rent amounts. Relative movements can be compared between categories; an index is not a flat's sale price.

Price index trend

120.0140.0160.0180.020052006
Dec 2006Office prices140.3Retail prices156.5Flatted factory prices173.4

Where available, the previous December is shown as a starting reference. Missing values are not treated as zero or estimated.

Rental index trend

80.090.0100.0110.0120.0130.020052006
Dec 2006Office rents122.7Retail rents106.9Flatted factory rents95.0

Where available, the previous December is shown as a starting reference. Missing values are not treated as zero or estimated.

Year-end values and coverage

SeriesDecember 2005December 2006December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices134.0140.3+4.7%12/12
Retail prices148.2156.5+5.6%12/12
Flatted factory prices139.2173.4+24.6%12/12
Office rents106.7122.7+15%12/12
Retail rents103.6106.9+3.2%12/12
Flatted factory rents84.995.0+11.9%12/12

Changes appear only when both December values exist. Provisional or low-transaction markers are retained with the values.

Monthly published records

MonthOffice pricesRetail pricesFlatted factory pricesOffice rentsRetail rentsFlatted factory rents
January 2006132.8146.3141.9107.5102.986.2
February 2006128.8155.3143.4111.4102.985.6
March 2006131.4153.3147.5111.3103.987.1
April 2006140.3155.8147.6116.8101.689.7
May 2006137.2157.5156.0117.6103.690.8
June 2006141.1150.2160.2117.9103.390.0
July 2006143.7151.3162.9119.8104.091.4
August 2006145.3153.4162.5119.7103.691.6
September 2006142.7156.9168.2121.4104.795.0
October 2006143.9152.0167.9119.4105.994.1
November 2006143.9153.7170.7122.8107.995.0
December 2006140.3156.5173.4122.7106.995.0

Source: Rating and Valuation Department Property Market Statistics, obtained through DATA.GOV.HK. The Government owns the intellectual property rights in the data; this page is not endorsed by the Government.