2015: Residential price and rental indices

The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly residential price and rental indices for 2015, with charts, monthly records and year-end comparisons.

Reading this year

December 2015 all-class prices: 285.0, a +2.4% 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

270.0280.0290.0300.0310.020142015
Dec 2015All-class prices285.0

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

Rental index trend

165.0170.0175.0180.020142015
Dec 2015All-class rents171.2

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 2014December 2015December year-on-year changeMonths available in year
All-class prices278.3285.0+2.4%12/12
Class A (under 40 m²) prices304.0314.0+3.3%12/12
Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) prices264.6271.8+2.7%12/12
Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) prices251.6258.5+2.7%12/12
Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) prices260.0258.8-0.5%12/12
Class E (160 m² or above) prices272.9271.1-0.7%12/12
All-class rents166.2171.2+3%12/12
Class A (under 40 m²) rents179.2187.1+4.4%12/12
Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) rents166.3169.2+1.7%12/12
Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) rents149.4153.1+2.5%12/12
Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) rents145.7148.7+2.1%12/12
Class E (160 m² or above) rents143.5145.6+1.5%12/12

Changes appear only when both December values exist. Provisional or low-transaction markers are retained with the values.

Monthly published records

MonthAll-class pricesClass A (under 40 m²) pricesClass B (40 to 69.9 m²) pricesClass C (70 to 99.9 m²) pricesClass D (100 to 159.9 m²) pricesClass E (160 m² or above) pricesAll-class rentsClass A (under 40 m²) rentsClass B (40 to 69.9 m²) rentsClass C (70 to 99.9 m²) rentsClass D (100 to 159.9 m²) rentsClass E (160 m² or above) rents
January 2015284.6311.7270.7255.6263.5276.3167.3180.7167.4149.7147.0144.3
February 2015291.5318.9277.9261.2268.1279.3168.3181.3168.6151.1147.7144.5
March 2015291.5318.9277.9261.6268.3280.5169.8183.6170.1151.5149.0144.8
April 2015297.4326.1283.8264.4270.7283.4171.3185.8171.4152.7149.9144.9
May 2015298.8328.1285.0266.5271.9284.8173.1187.7173.5154.2150.0145.2
June 2015301.3331.0287.5269.1274.8288.0174.1188.6174.5154.7151.0145.6
July 2015304.1335.1290.0270.7275.4288.3175.2190.1175.2156.3152.0146.7
August 2015305.3337.1291.1272.1275.7290.1177.0191.9177.4157.0153.6147.0
September 2015306.1338.2291.5274.1276.8292.5177.5192.7177.5157.2153.6147.2
October 2015302.3334.5288.3270.9264.7286.9175.5190.6175.3155.7152.0146.7
November 2015293.4326.6278.6259.7264.0279.9173.7189.0172.6155.3151.7146.0
December 2015285.0314.0271.8258.5258.8271.1171.2187.1169.2153.1148.7145.6

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.