Hong Kong home prices rise higher in March as rents peak for a fifth month straight

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise in Hong Kong home prices and rental prices amidst ongoing geopolitical uncertainties.

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices rose 1.4 per cent in March, bringing the first-quarter increase to an accelerated pace of 4.4 per cent, according to the latest official data, indicating the property market’s resilience despite uncertainties brought about by the US-Israel war on Iran. The monthly increase was slower than February’s 1.8 per cent, but 2026’s first-quarter rise was faster than the 2.11 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2025. The city’s rental prices also extended their...

Topics covered

• real estate
• Hong Kong
• home prices
• rental market
• property market
• economic indicators

Keywords

• Hong Kong
• home prices
• rental prices
• property market
• US-Israel war
• March 2026
• economic growth

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Places: Hong Kong

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