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title: "Hong Kong’s home prices reach 19-month high as rise gathers pace"
description: "Hong Kong's home prices have reached a 19-month high, with a 0.53% month-on-month increase in January, continuing a recovery that began in Q2 2025. Rents also rose by 0.3%, setting a new peak. Analyst"
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published_at: "2026-02-25T11:50:53.000Z"
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# Hong Kong’s home prices reach 19-month high as rise gathers pace

> Hong Kong's home prices have reached a 19-month high, with a 0.53% month-on-month increase in January, continuing a recovery that began in Q2 2025. Rents also rose by 0.3%, setting a new peak. Analysts expect the residential market to remain strong in 2026, with transaction volumes projected to increase by over 20%, returning to historical peak levels. This recovery follows a 3.25% increase in home prices in 2025, ending a three-year downturn. The rent index has also hit a record high, reflecting ongoing demand and market resilience.

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices opened the year with a 0.53 per cent month-on-month gain in January, according to official data, sustaining a recovery that began in the second quarter of 2025. Rents in the city, meanwhile, continued to rise, surging by 0.3 per cent from a month earlier to set another peak, according to data released on Wednesday by the Rating and Valuation Department. With the latest increment, the city’s second-hand home prices officially stood at 301.4, its highest since reaching 302.5 in June 2024. The increase was also faster than its 0.37 per cent ascent recorded in December, the latest data showed. The sustained recovery has set the tone for a broader rebound this year, driven by mainland Chinese buyers, interest rate cuts and rising rents, analysts said. “With ample liquidity and clear signs of pent-up demand, we expect Hong Kong’s residential market in 2026 to remain resilient and positive,” said Hannah Jeong, head of valuation and advisory services at CBRE Hong Kong. “Residential transaction volumes are projected to rise by over 20 per cent, returning to the historical peak levels of approximately 80,000 deals on average per year, last seen between 2018 and 2021,” Jeong added. Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices ended a three-year downturn with a 3.25 per cent increase in 2025. Before last year, the city last recorded an annual gain in home prices in 2021 when they rose 3.45 per cent. Meanwhile, rents recorded a third consecutive peak in January with the index now standing at 201.1. It first breached the historic record in November at 200.2, according to the latest data.

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