Hong Kong's Land Registry released statistics for August 2026 on September 2, reporting 5,768 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration. That was 14.1 per cent below July 2026 and 10.7 per cent below August 2025. The 12-month moving average for August was 7,718, 0.7 per cent lower than the July average but 26.2 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Total consideration for building-unit agreements was $44.5 billion, down 14.0 per cent month on month and 6.8 per cent year on year. Of the agreements, 4,019 covered residential units, 9.9 per cent fewer than in July and 24.0 per cent fewer than in August 2025. Residential consideration totaled $36.2 billion, down 13.6 per cent from July and 14.2 per cent from August 2025. The residential figures exclude agreements for units under schemes such as the Home Ownership Scheme unless the premium has been paid after the sale restriction period.

The registry said deeds may be lodged up to 30 days after a transaction, so the figures generally reflect land transactions in the previous month. Public searches of land registers numbered 1,749,770 in August, up 19.3 per cent from July and 350.1 per cent from August 2025, covering counter, self-service terminal and online searches.