Lee Ka Court (commercial and commercial store): The number of registered commercial and commercial property transactions in Hong Kong fell 15.2% month-on-month in August

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Huang Yingnian, director of Lijia Ge (Commercial Store) Real Estate, said that after the overall sales registration of commercial and commercial stores experienced a boom in the previous few months, the summer season was slightly low, and the market may gradually increase momentum after adjustments. According to preliminary figures from the Land Registry, Hong Kong recorded a total of 408 commercial and commercial property sales registrations in August 2026, down 15.2% from 481 in July. It fell for 2 months in a row, hitting a new low of nearly 6 months.

As for the total registered value of HK$4.818 billion during the month, a corresponding decrease of 16.8% over the previous month. Property registrations in the three major categories recorded an overall decline in August. Among them, industrial buildings recorded the biggest decline of more than 28%, while commercial buildings and stores fell slightly by 2.1% and 2.9% respectively.

Zhu Liangheng, senior sales director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Lijia Court (Commercial and Commercial Store) Real Estate, pointed out that industrial building sales declined during the off-summer season and fell below the 200 parcel mark. According to the data, 171 industrial building transactions were recorded in August, down 28.2% from the previous month, hitting a new low of nearly 9 months, making it the category with the most significant decline; industrial building registrations accounted for 41.9% of the month, down 7.6 percentage points from 49.5% in July. As for August, the total registered value of industrial buildings was HK$1,317 billion, down 5.4% from the previous month, the lowest in the past 3 months; the average price of each industrial building during the month was about HK$7.702 million.

In terms of commercial building sales, Huang Yingnian said that the number of registrations has been hovering at a high level of over 100 for 3 consecutive months. The number of registrations declined slightly in August, but it is still the second highest in 67 months (that is, more than 5 and a half years) since February 2021. In August of this year, 138 commercial building transactions were recorded, a slight decrease of 2.1% from 141 in July; while the total value of sales registrations during the month decreased by 19% to HK$2,520 billion, mainly due to the large share of commercial building registrations during the month.

In terms of store performance, Zheng Deming, senior sales director of Lijia Court (Commercial and Commercial) Real Estate - Retail, Commerce and Investment Department, pointed out that store sales registration has remained at the edge of 100 transactions in recent months, awaiting a breakthrough. According to the data, under the influence of many owners and buyers traveling abroad during the summer vacation, sales remained narrow. A total of 99 store sales registrations were recorded in August this year, a slight drop of 2.9% from the previous month, falling below the 100 level. Furthermore, during the month, the total value of store registrations dropped by 23.8%, falling below the HK$1 billion mark, and recorded only HK$981 million. This is the least number of high-profile registrations during the month.