2014: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2014, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2014 retail prices: 544.4, a +7.8% 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

400.0500.0600.0700.020132014
Dec 2014Office prices429.6Retail prices544.4Flatted factory prices684.4

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

Rental index trend

140.0160.0180.0200.0220.020132014
Dec 2014Office rents218.5Retail rents177.9Flatted factory rents166.8

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 2013December 2014December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices415.4429.6+3.4%12/12
Retail prices505.2544.4+7.8%12/12
Flatted factory prices650.9684.4+5.1%12/12
Office rents208.3218.5+4.9%12/12
Retail rents169.2177.9+5.1%12/12
Flatted factory rents152.4166.8+9.4%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 2014412.4505.3650.2207.8168.9152.8
February 2014418.9505.0652.6209.1169.4153.9
March 2014420.3506.3656.7210.4169.7155.1
April 2014419.2510.9659.5211.0170.8156.2
May 2014420.2514.0663.6212.4173.0158.0
June 2014422.9516.3664.1213.1173.6160.3
July 2014423.9520.3669.0215.1173.7161.4
August 2014423.9525.2671.7215.7174.0162.8
September 2014427.8527.3678.0216.7175.0163.7
October 2014428.9535.8682.4216.8175.2164.8
November 2014427.6543.6683.7217.7176.1165.9
December 2014429.6544.4684.4218.5177.9166.8

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.