Hong Kong Land Registry: Total value of building sale and purchase agreements in October was HK$50 billion.

On November 3, the Hong Kong Land Registry released statistics for October 2026. In October, a total of 5,795 sale and purchase agreements for all building units were received for registration with the Land Registry (down 10.0% from September and down 19.4% from October last year). Calculated on a 12-month moving average, the number of sale and purchase agreements for building units in October was 7,566 (down 1.5% from September but up 16.7% from October last year). The total value of sale and purchase agreements for building units in October was HK$50 billion (down 6.5% from September and down 13.6% from October last year). Of the above sale and purchase agreements, 4,512 were for residential building units (down 5.2% from September and down 21.0% from October last year). The total value of sale and purchase agreements for residential building units in October was HK$42.3 billion (down 9.5% from September and down 17.1% from October last year). The number of searches of land records by the public in October was 418,352 (down 9.6% from September but up 6.6% from October last year).