Hong Kong land registry reports rise in September property deals

Hong Kong's Land Registry recorded 6,438 sale and purchase agreements in September 2026, up 11.6% from August but down 6.3% year on year. Residential deals rose 18.5% month on month to 4,761, with total value of HK$46.8 billion.

Hong Kong's Land Registry reported on 5 October that 6,438 sale and purchase agreements for all types of buildings were lodged for registration in September 2026. This represented an increase of 11.6 per cent compared with August 2026, but a decrease of 6.3 per cent compared with September 2025.

The total value of these agreements was HK$53.5 billion, up 20.1 per cent from August and up 0.01 per cent from a year earlier, the registry said.

Residential property accounted for 4,761 of the agreements, an increase of 18.5 per cent month on month but a drop of 15.6 per cent year on year. The total value of residential transactions was HK$46.8 billion, up 29.3 per cent from August but down 0.9 per cent from September 2025.

The residential figures exclude transactions under home-ownership schemes such as the Home Ownership Scheme, Private Sector Participation Scheme and Tenants Purchase Scheme, unless the resale restriction period has expired and the relevant premium has been paid, the registry noted.

The 12-month moving average of sale and purchase agreements stood at 7,682 in September, down 0.5 per cent month on month but up 20.6 per cent year on year.

Meanwhile, the number of land searches conducted by the public in September was 463,031, a drop of 73.5 per cent from August but an increase of 15.4 per cent from September 2025. The searches were carried out through counter services, self-service terminals and the Integrated Registration Information System online service.

As land documents may be lodged for registration up to 30 days after the transaction date, the registration figures generally reflect property transactions from the previous month, the registry said.