2016: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2016, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2016 retail prices: 539.3, a -0.2% 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

400.0500.0600.0700.0800.020152016
Dec 2016Office prices446.2Retail prices539.3Flatted factory prices728.4

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

Rental index trend

160.0180.0200.0220.0240.020152016
Dec 2016Office rents235.0Retail rents179.5Flatted factory rents185.6

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 2015December 2016December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices451.1446.2-1.1%12/12
Retail prices540.5539.3-0.2%12/12
Flatted factory prices703.6728.4+3.5%12/12
Office rents229.7235.0+2.3%12/12
Retail rents182.4179.5-1.6%12/12
Flatted factory rents177.6185.6+4.5%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 2016448.3534.7687.1230.0180.6177.6
February 2016437.1 few transactions533.9688.3230.8179.0178.2
March 2016425.9532.0685.6231.4178.3179.4
April 2016419.8531.4689.8232.4177.2179.7
May 2016416.0526.4697.6232.1178.4181.4
June 2016419.1519.2690.5230.5178.7182.0
July 2016415.5510.1673.2232.3177.6182.4
August 2016415.5511.2684.0233.1177.4181.2
September 2016422.3520.6688.6233.0177.5182.3
October 2016424.8529.5689.8233.3179.3182.7
November 2016432.0534.4709.5233.6179.3184.0
December 2016446.2539.3728.4235.0179.5185.6

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.