Source: Hong Kong Information Services
The Land Registry logged 6,870 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration in September, up 6.3% compared with August and 78.8% higher year-on-year.
The total consideration for such agreements in September increased 11.9% from the previous month to $53.5 billion, representing a 11.9% year-on-year growth.
Of the agreements, 5,643 were for residential units, amounting to a 6.7% increase from August and a 98.1% rise from a year ago.
The total consideration for residential units was $47.2 billion, up 11.9% compared with August and 126.6% higher year-on-year.
There were 401,196 land register searches last month.