Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for August - October 2021 decreased by 0.1% over the previous period (July - September 2021) to 269.0. The index for the Macao Peninsula (269.7) fell by 0.3% while that for Taipa & Coloane (266.0) rose by 0.5%.
The index for existing residential units (289.8) went down by 0.2%; the index for those in the Macao Peninsula (282.1) dropped by 0.3% while the index for those in Taipa & Coloane (320.9) climbed by 0.2%. Analysed by age of building, the indices for residential units of buildings between 6 and 10 years old and for those over 20 years old decreased by 3.4% and 0.2% respectively, whereas the index for those between 11 and 20 years old grew by 1.3%. Meanwhile, the index for pre-sale residential units (298.3) rose by 1.3%.
The indices for residential units with a usable floor area between 50 and 74.9 square metres and for those with an area between 75 and 99.9 square metres decreased by 0.5% and 0.4% respectively, while the index for those with a floor area of 100 square metres and over went up by 0.5%. In terms of high-and low-rise buildings, the index for residential units of buildings with seven storeys or less dropped by 1.0%, whereas the index for those with more than seven storeys rose by 0.1%.