2018: Offices, retail and flatted factories

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price and rental indices for offices, retail and flatted factories for 2018, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2018 retail prices: 591.5, a +2.5% 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

400.0600.0800.01,000.020172018
Dec 2018Office prices569.5Retail prices591.5Flatted factory prices905.1

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

Rental index trend

180.0200.0220.0240.0260.020172018
Dec 2018Office rents256.3Retail rents188.9Flatted factory rents205.1

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 2017December 2018December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
Office prices515.6569.5+10.5%12/12
Retail prices577.0591.5+2.5%12/12
Flatted factory prices824.1905.1+9.8%12/12
Office rents246.1256.3+4.1%12/12
Retail rents186.2188.9+1.5%12/12
Flatted factory rents196.4205.1+4.4%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 2018517.3581.8836.3245.2185.2194.9
February 2018519.7583.3849.8246.1185.5197.1
March 2018531.5587.0865.8249.0185.6199.3
April 2018538.3587.6873.6249.9185.8199.6
May 2018546.2588.9893.7251.3186.9203.0
June 2018556.1590.6895.4252.9187.0203.6
July 2018562.8591.8900.3253.1187.4204.2
August 2018574.1594.9916.5253.9187.9204.5
September 2018579.8598.5918.5255.2188.0204.9
October 2018599.0600.0909.2256.1188.8205.2
November 2018562.3601.0892.4256.9186.4205.8
December 2018569.5591.5905.1256.3188.9205.1

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.