Housing Index in Hong Kong decreased to 139.94 points in September 28 from 140.25 points in the previous week. This dataset provides - Hong Kong House Price Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Real Residential Property Prices for Hong Kong SAR (QHKR368BIS) from Q4 1980 to Q2 2025 about Hong Kong, residential, housing, real, and price.

Key information about House Prices Growth

• Hong Kong SAR (China) house prices dropped 6.4% YoY in Jan 2025, following a decrease of 7.2% YoY in the previous month.
• YoY growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1994 to Jan 2025, with an average growth rate of 3.4%.
• House price data reached an all-time high of 51.8% in May 1997 and a record low of -44.7% in Oct 1998.

In 2023, the average price of permanent housing in Hong Kong Island dropped to around ******* Hong Kong dollars per square meter on average. The city had the highest property prices in the region.

House price index in Hong Kong, June, 2025 The most recent value is 189.92 index points as of Q2 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of 189.45 index points. Historically, the average for Hong Kong from Q1 1990 to Q2 2025 is 122.25 index points. The minimum of 28.36 index points was recorded in Q1 1990, while the maximum of 263.65 index points was reached in Q3 2021. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Graph and download economic data for Real Residential Property Prices for Hong Kong SAR (QHKR628BIS) from Q4 1979 to Q1 2025 about Hong Kong, residential, HPI, housing, real, price index, indexes, and price.

Residential Property Prices in Hong Kong decreased 6.30 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Hong Kong Residential Property Prices.

Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) Gold Production

• Hong Kong SAR (China) Real Residential Property Price Index was reported at 132.982 2010=100 in Sep 2024.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 140.888 2010=100 for Jun 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Real Residential Property Price Index data is updated quarterly, averaging 76.683 2010=100 from Dec 1979 to Sep 2024, with 180 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 198.526 2010=100 in Sep 2018 and a record low of 28.660 2010=100 in Sep 1984.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Real Residential Property Price Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank for International Settlements.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Property Sector – Table RK.BIS.RPPI: Selected Real Residential Property Price Index: 2010=100: Quarterly. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

House Price Index MoM in Hong Kong increased to 1.12 percent in August from 0.41 percent in July of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Hong Kong Private Residential Price Index MoM.

Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index Growth

• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index Growth was reported at -13.127 % in Sep 2024.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of -12.767 % for Jun 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index Growth data is updated quarterly, averaging 7.059 % from Dec 1980 to Sep 2024, with 176 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 60.484 % in Mar 1992 and a record low of -38.852 % in Sep 1998.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank for International Settlements.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Property Sector – Table RK.BIS.RPPI: Selected Nominal Residential Property Price Index: 2010=100: Quarterly: YoY %.

Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index

• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index was reported at 193.826 2010=100 in Sep 2024.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 202.684 2010=100 for Jun 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index data is updated quarterly, averaging 67.149 2010=100 from Dec 1979 to Sep 2024, with 180 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 263.648 2010=100 in Sep 2021 and a record low of 10.934 2010=100 in Dec 1979.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Nominal Residential Property Price Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank for International Settlements.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Property Sector – Table RK.BIS.RPPI: Selected Nominal Residential Property Price Index: 2010=100: Quarterly.

Hong Kong HK: Property Prices Index: 1999=100: Domestic Premises: PD: New Territories (NT) data was reported at 319.300 1999=100 in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 324.300 1999=100 for Aug 2018. Hong Kong HK: Property Prices Index: 1999=100: Domestic Premises: PD: New Territories (NT) data is updated monthly, averaging 106.100 1999=100 from Jan 1992 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 321 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 324.400 1999=100 in Jul 2018 and a record low of 54.600 1999=100 in Jul 2003. Hong Kong HK: Property Prices Index: 1999=100: Domestic Premises: PD: New Territories (NT) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Rating and Valuation Department. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.EB015: Residential: Price Index: 1999=100.

Real residential property prices Y-on-Y, percent change in Hong Kong, March, 2025 The most recent value is -7.98 percent as of Q1 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of -9.38 percent. Historically, the average for Hong Kong from Q1 1990 to Q1 2025 is 3.89 percent. The minimum of -40.54 percent was recorded in Q3 1998, while the maximum of 45.93 percent was reached in Q1 1992. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

In 2019, Hong Kong had the most expensive residential property market worldwide, with an average price per square foot of 1,987 U.S. dollars.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, an autonomous special administrative region of China, has one of the least affordable housing markets in the world. A region with an estimated 7.49 million people, it has become increasingly difficult to purchase a home in Hong Kong. The spoken languages in Hong Kong are Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.

Hong Kong housing market

The housing market in Hong Kong has seen an increase in prices in the past couple years. There are two types of housing unit offers in Hong Kong, private and public. The number of public rental housing units has been consistently rising since 2008. Nearly half of the public rental apartments in Hong Kong as of March 2018 were between 30 and 39.9 square meters. Not only has the number of public rental housing units increased since 2008, so have the private ones. However, there are more private housing units than public ones in Hong Kong. Additionally, the Home Ownership Scheme exists in Hong Kong. It is a government sponsored program that subsidizes public housing in Hong Kong. First created in the late 1970s, it was instituted with two targets in mind. The first was to persuade the richer tenants of these apartments to leave so families in greater need could live there. The second was to allow these families to become home owners, since they did not have enough money to buy in the private sector. Under this program, the government sells apartments to qualified low-income tenants at prices below the market value.

In 2020, Hong Kong had the most expensive residential property market worldwide, with an average property price of 1.25 million U.S. dollars. The government of Hong Kong provide public housing for lower-income residents and almost 45 percent of the Hong Kong population lived in public permanent housing in 2018.

This statistic shows the price per square foot in selected prime residential markets worldwide in 2018. Hong Kong was the most expensive residential market globally with average prime residential values of ***** U.S. dollars per square foot.

This statistic shows the number of private housing units in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2023. As of March 2023, the number of private housing units in Hong Kong amounted to more than **** million.

In 2023, office property transactions in Hong Kong amounted to around ** billion Hong Kong dollars, three times the value of the retail property transactions. Hotel transactions reached *** billion Hong Kong dollars in 2023, up *** percent compared to the previous year.

In 2023, office property transactions contributed around ** percent of the total commercial property transaction value in Hong Kong. The total sum of the office real estate transactions amounted to approximately ** billion Hong Kong dollars in the surveyed period.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the average monthly rent of private apartments in the Hong Kong Island region, the heart of Hong Kong, was between *** and *** Hong Kong dollars per square meter. Meanwhile, the median income for an individual was ** thousand Hong Kong dollars per month.