Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for April - June 2021 increased by 0.5% over the previous period (March - May 2021) to 269.0. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (269.8) and Taipa & Coloane (266.1) rose by 0.6% and 0.5% respectively.
The index for existing residential units (289.6) went up by 0.6%, with the indices for those in the Macao Peninsula (282.0) and Taipa & Coloane (320.2) both rising by 0.6%. Analysed by age of building, the indices for residential units of buildings between 11 and 20 years old and for those between 6 and 10 years old grew by 2.9% and 0.4% respectively. Meanwhile, the index for pre-sale residential units (296.5) dipped by 0.3%.
The index for residential units with a usable floor area between 75 and 99.9 square metres increased by 1.6%, while the index for those between 50 and 74.9 square metres decreased by 0.1%. In terms of high- and low-rise buildings, the index for residential units of buildings with seven storeys or less dropped by 0.2%, whereas the index for those with more than seven storeys rose by 0.6%.
Analysed by quarter, the overall residential property price index in the second quarter of 2021 grew by 3.0% from the first quarter.