2017: Residential price and rental indices

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

Reading this year

December 2017 all-class prices: 352.7, a +14.7% 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

300.0320.0340.0360.020162017
Dec 2017All-class prices352.7

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

Rental index trend

170.0175.0180.0185.0190.020162017
Dec 2017All-class rents187.5

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
All-class prices307.4352.7+14.7%12/12
Class A (under 40 m²) prices338.4388.9+14.9%12/12
Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) prices293.8334.8+14%12/12
Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) prices275.3314.5+14.2%12/12
Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) prices276.1310.2+12.4%12/12
Class E (160 m² or above) prices293.2319.3+8.9%12/12
All-class rents173.6187.5+8%12/12
Class A (under 40 m²) rents190.3208.1+9.4%12/12
Class B (40 to 69.9 m²) rents172.9186.0+7.6%12/12
Class C (70 to 99.9 m²) rents151.7162.2+6.9%12/12
Class D (100 to 159.9 m²) rents147.2155.4+5.6%12/12
Class E (160 m² or above) rents141.5144.4+2%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 2017309.7340.1296.6277.6277.2296.3175.4192.0174.8154.3148.7141.8
February 2017314.0344.9300.9280.6279.9298.5176.6193.7175.8154.6148.7142.2
March 2017321.2354.5306.5287.3282.7299.7178.4195.1178.2155.9150.1143.4
April 2017330.0365.5314.6292.0286.9300.6179.7197.3179.0157.3151.7143.6
May 2017333.6369.4318.1293.8292.2303.1182.1200.6181.0159.3154.4144.0
June 2017336.1370.9321.5296.1295.1303.7182.8200.8181.9160.8154.4144.2
July 2017337.5372.0322.8297.6295.1305.7183.6201.9182.6160.8154.5145.1
August 2017339.7375.5323.3301.2296.4310.1185.7204.7184.9161.1156.6145.1
September 2017340.8377.3323.3302.7297.2312.0186.0205.5184.9162.0156.6145.2
October 2017344.2379.5327.4306.8299.3310.5186.7206.9185.4162.0155.2144.3
November 2017347.2381.5330.5312.0305.1313.6187.2207.5186.0162.1155.3143.9
December 2017352.7388.9334.8314.5310.2319.3187.5208.1186.0162.2155.4144.4

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.