2009: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2009, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2009 retail prices: 225.9, a +32.7% 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

150.0200.0250.020082009
Dec 2009Office prices207.0Retail prices225.9Flatted factory prices248.0

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

Rental index trend

80.0100.0120.0140.0160.020082009
Dec 2009Office rents138.4Retail rents117.3Flatted factory rents103.1

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 2008December 2009December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices165.4207.0+25.2%12/12
Retail prices170.2225.9+32.7%12/12
Flatted factory prices206.0248.0+20.4%12/12
Office rents153.5138.4-9.8%12/12
Retail rents111.6117.3+5.1%12/12
Flatted factory rents102.3103.1+0.8%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 2009158.2162.5198.1146.9108.7100.8
February 2009154.3162.8193.9140.8108.097.9
March 2009151.2167.8197.0137.1107.997.5
April 2009158.8171.8197.3133.5106.797.8
May 2009169.8183.8205.7131.4108.697.9
June 2009181.7189.5212.2131.5109.297.4
July 2009185.2196.8216.1131.6110.798.3
August 2009191.7207.3223.0132.3111.599.1
September 2009198.0213.6228.5134.1112.6100.1
October 2009200.4215.8232.5134.7113.6101.4
November 2009201.5220.1243.0136.6115.8101.5
December 2009207.0225.9248.0138.4117.3103.1

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.