Current Monthly Statistics
The statistics generally relate to land transactions executed up to four weeks prior to their submission for registration, as there is usually a time lag between the execution of deeds and their lodgement for registration.
Consolidated Monthly Statistics in respect of deeds received for registration in the Land Registry
Month : December 2018
[ Table summary]| Item | Nature of Deeds | Number of Deeds received for registration | Consideration (nearest $ million) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | New Territories | Total | Urban | New Territories | Total | ||
| 1. |
Agreements for Sale and
Purchase of Building Units |
1,375 ( 1,458 ) |
1,663 ( 1,785 ) |
3,038 ( 3,243 ) |
31,856 | 11,188 | 43,044 |
| 2. |
Agreements for Sale and Purchase
of Land
|
0 | 178 | 178 | 0 | 1,497 | 1,497 |
|
Sub-total (1)+(2)
|
1,375 | 1,841 | 3,216 | 31,856 | 12,685 | 44,541 | |
| 3. |
Assignments of Building Units
|
2,667 ( 2,985 ) |
3,997 ( 4,247 ) |
6,664 ( 7,232 ) |
37,537 | 27,197 | 64,734 |
| 4. |
Assignments of Land
|
8 | 418 | 426 | 633 | 1,951 | 2,584 |
|
Sub-total (3)+(4)
|
2,675 | 4,415 | 7,090 | 38,170 | 29,148 | 67,318 | |
| 5. |
Building Mortgages/Building
Legal Charges |
0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 6. |
Other Mortgages/Legal Charges
|
3,144 | 4,991 | 8,135 | - | - | - |
|
Sub-total (5)+(6)
|
3,144 | 4,992 | 8,136 | - | - | - | |
| 7. |
Receipts/Discharges/Releases
|
3,350 | 3,985 | 7,335 | - | - | - |
| 8. |
Leases/Tenancy Agreements
|
205 | 116 | 321 | - | - | - |
| 9. |
Exclusion Orders
|
0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 10. |
Others
|
3,555 | 3,606 | 7,161 | - | - | - |
| Total | 14,304 | 18,955 | 33,259 | - | - | - | |
Comparison of Monthly Statistics
Month : December 2018
[ Table summary]| Item | 2018 December | 2018 November | 2017 December | December 2018 Increase (+) or Decrease (-) as compared with |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2018 | December 2017 | |||||||
| No. or Consideration | % | No. or Consideration | % | |||||
| 1. |
Agreements for Sale and Purchase
of Building Units
|
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|
(a) No.
|
3,038 | 3,953 | 7,158 | -915 | -23.1 | -4,120 | -57.6 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
43,044 | 43,325 | 86,640 | -281 | -0.6 | -43,596 | -50.3 | |
| 2. |
Agreements for Sale and Purchase
of Land
|
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|
(a) No.
|
178 | 268 | 256 | -90 | -33.6 | -78 | -30.5 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
1,497 | 5,579 | 1,487 | -4,082 | -73.2 | +10 | +0.7 | |
|
Sub-total of (1)+(2)
|
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|
(a) No.
|
3,216 | 4,221 | 7,414 | -1,005 | -23.8 | -4,198 | -56.6 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
44,541 | 48,904 | 88,127 | -4,363 | -8.9 | -43,586 | -49.5 | |
| 3. |
Assignments of Building Units
|
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|
(a) No.
|
6,664 | 9,151 | 9,006 | -2,487 | -27.2 | -2,342 | -26.0 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
64,734 | 62,707 | 61,058 | +2,027 | +3.2 | +3,676 | +6.0 | |
| 4. |
Assignments of Land
|
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|
(a) No.
|
426 | 550 | 407 | -124 | -22.5 | +19 | +4.7 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
2,584 | 7,094 | 3,024 | -4,510 | -63.6 | -440 | -14.6 | |
|
Sub-total of (3)+(4)
|
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|
(a) No.
|
7,090 | 9,701 | 9,413 | -2,611 | -26.9 | -2,323 | -24.7 | |
|
(b) Consideration
|
67,318 | 69,801 | 64,082 | -2,483 | -3.6 | +3,236 | +5.0 | |
| 5. |
No. of Building
Mortgages/Building Legal Charges
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | +1 | N.A. |
| 6. |
No. of Other Mortgages/Legal
Charges
|
8,135 | 11,306 | 9,258 | -3,171 | -28.0 | -1,123 | -12.1 |
|
Sub-total of (5)+(6)
|
8,136 | 11,307 | 9,258 | -3,171 | -28.0 | -1,122 | -12.1 | |
| 7. |
No. of Receipts/
Discharges/Releases
|
7,335 | 9,957 | 7,583 | -2,622 | -26.3 | -248 | -3.3 |
| 8. |
No. of Public Search
|
352,901 | 443,071 | 382,565 | -90,170 | -20.4 | -29,664 | -7.8 |
Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements (ASP) of building units
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Number of ASP for all building units | 7,158 | 7,223 | 7,456 | 6,415 | 8,741 | 7,788 | 9,252 | 8,466 | 6,688 | 4,799 | 5,374 | 3,953 | 3,038 |
| Number of ASP for residential building units | 5,337 | 5,270 | 5,482 | 4,263 | 6,646 | 5,522 | 6,713 | 6,091 | 4,822 | 3,500 | 4,243 | 2,635 | 2,060 |
| 12-month moving average for all ASP | 6,985 | 7,152 | 7,305 | 7,206 | 7,186 | 7,207 | 7,319 | 7,569 | 7,616 | 7,388 | 7,247 | 6,943 | 6,599 |
Year-on-year Rate of Change in the Number of
Sale and Purchase Agreements
| Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements of residential and non-residential building units | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year/Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2016 | 3,123 | 2,583 | 3,154 | 5,613 | 6,065 | 6,033 | 5,354 | 7,430 | 9,504 | 8,560 | 8,618 | 6,967 |
| 2017 | 5,220 | 5,615 | 7,605 | 8,984 | 7,536 | 7,902 | 5,461 | 6,130 | 7,540 | 7,063 | 7,601 | 7,158 |
| 2018 | 7,223 | 7,456 | 6,415 | 8,741 | 7,788 | 9,252 | 8,466 | 6,688 | 4,799 | 5,374 | 3,953 | 3,038 |
Number of Sale and Purchase Agreements of residential building units
and total consideration from December 2017 to December 2018
| Year | Month | Range of Consideration ($ million) | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 | 1 to less than 2 | 2 to less than 3 | 3 to less than 5 | 5 to less than 10 | 10 or over | No. | Consideration
($ million) |
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||||
| 2017 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 300 | 6 | 1,453 | 27 | 2,278 | 43 | 1,181 | 22 | 5,337 | 51,955 |
| 2018 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 236 | 4 | 1,463 | 28 | 2,415 | 46 | 1,034 | 20 | 5,270 | 49,805 |
| 2 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 192 | 4 | 1,428 | 26 | 2,458 | 45 | 1,301 | 24 | 5,482 | 50,894 | |
| 3 | 14 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 170 | 4 | 1,131 | 27 | 1,960 | 46 | 928 | 22 | 4,263 | 38,810 | |
| 4 | 15 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 166 | 2 | 1,358 | 20 | 3,679 | 55 | 1,337 | 20 | 6,646 | 61,825 | |
| 5 | 22 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 177 | 3 | 1,243 | 23 | 2,767 | 50 | 1,213 | 22 | 5,522 | 52,184 | |
| 6 | 27 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 202 | 3 | 1,154 | 17 | 3,528 | 53 | 1,734 | 26 | 6,713 | 68,023 | |
| 7 | 18 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 164 | 3 | 1,026 | 17 | 3,152 | 52 | 1,662 | 27 | 6,091 | 65,237 | |
| 8 | 32 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 120 | 2 | 875 | 18 | 2,717 | 56 | 997 | 21 | 4,822 | 46,765 | |
| 9 | 20 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 530 | 15 | 1,859 | 53 | 946 | 27 | 3,500 | 37,083 | |
| 10 | 26 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 114 | 3 | 692 | 16 | 2,648 | 62 | 709 | 17 | 4,243 | 38,571 | |
| 11 | 18 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 108 | 4 | 656 | 25 | 1,313 | 50 | 477 | 18 | 2,635 | 26,020 | |
| 12 | 31 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 90 | 4 | 571 | 28 | 916 | 44 | 405 | 20 | 2,060 | 24,076 | |
Note: Figures in percentage for individual items may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Monthly Statistics in respect of Sale & Purchase Agreements of building units received for registration on regional basis
Month : December 2018
[ Table summary]| Item | District | Sale and Purchase Agreements of Building Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Transactions | Consideration (nearest $million) | ||
| 1. | Hong Kong | 512 | 12,373 |
| 2. | Kowloon | 863 | 19,483 |
| 3. | Islands | 88 | 538 |
| 4. | North | 94 | 341 |
| 5. | Sai Kung | 201 | 1,730 |
| 6. | Shatin | 275 | 2,220 |
| 7. | Tai Po | 160 | 1,676 |
| 8. | Tsuen Wan | 282 | 2,032 |
| 9. | Tuen Mun | 250 | 1,190 |
| 10. | Yuen Long | 313 | 1,461 |
| Total | 3,038 | 43,044 | |
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