2013: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2013, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2013 retail prices: 505.2, a +4.1% 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

300.0400.0500.0600.0700.020122013
Dec 2013Office prices415.4Retail prices505.2Flatted factory prices650.9

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

Rental index trend

120.0140.0160.0180.0200.0220.020122013
Dec 2013Office rents208.3Retail rents169.2Flatted factory rents152.4

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 2012December 2013December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices380.9415.4+9.1%12/12
Retail prices485.2505.2+4.1%12/12
Flatted factory prices592.8650.9+9.8%12/12
Office rents193.6208.3+7.6%12/12
Retail rents158.3169.2+6.9%12/12
Flatted factory rents138.4152.4+10.1%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 2013393.7496.5617.1194.3159.2139.5
February 2013400.7503.4642.0196.9160.6140.5
March 2013406.5504.0650.9199.5161.4141.5
April 2013404.1506.0649.3202.4163.1143.5
May 2013410.1508.9658.3203.0166.6146.4
June 2013414.6512.2665.9205.2167.5148.4
July 2013415.5513.8671.1206.5168.2149.7
August 2013415.2510.1669.7209.0167.6151.2
September 2013415.4508.6672.1208.2168.6151.5
October 2013412.5507.7664.9207.3167.5150.9
November 2013414.4504.7652.0208.6166.9152.1
December 2013415.4505.2650.9208.3169.2152.4

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.