2017: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2017, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2017 retail prices: 577.0, a +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

400.0500.0600.0700.0800.0900.020162017
Dec 2017Office prices515.6Retail prices577.0Flatted factory prices824.1

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

Rental index trend

160.0180.0200.0220.0240.0260.020162017
Dec 2017Office rents246.1Retail rents186.2Flatted factory rents196.4

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 2016December 2017December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices446.2515.6+15.6%12/12
Retail prices539.3577.0+7%12/12
Flatted factory prices728.4824.1+13.1%12/12
Office rents235.0246.1+4.7%12/12
Retail rents179.5186.2+3.7%12/12
Flatted factory rents185.6196.4+5.8%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 2017453.3541.1731.2235.1179.6185.7
February 2017469.2551.3731.9237.9181.6186.0
March 2017472.0547.7745.7238.4179.4186.1
April 2017480.0549.6757.4238.8180.4186.2
May 2017483.6550.0763.5240.9181.2187.2
June 2017487.2553.0786.6241.3182.0190.9
July 2017483.9557.5779.1242.6183.1191.1
August 2017488.9562.1783.7244.0183.3193.8
September 2017494.2567.4802.5245.0184.3193.8
October 2017504.5569.1808.2245.5184.4195.2
November 2017513.3574.8823.4245.6184.4196.1
December 2017515.6577.0824.1246.1186.2196.4

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.