The Number of Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units (住宅及非住宅樓宇買賣合約統計數字) is a turnover statistic provided by the Land Registry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Sales of residential units refer to private treaty sale and purchase agreements subject to stamp duty, and exclude sales under the Home Ownership Scheme, Private Sector Participation Scheme, and Tenants Purchase Scheme, unless those subject to payment of premium.
The real estate market of Hong Kong highly linked to the economic environment, and this statistic is often used as a barometer of the market confidence.
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