Zhitong Finance App learned that Yang Mingyi, senior co-director of the Central Plains Real Estate Research Department, pointed out that in the second quarter of 2026, 6,953 first-hand private residential sales contracts were recorded in Hong Kong, with a total value of HK$85.948 billion, up 26.3% and 32.7% from quarter to quarter, compared with 5,506 and HK$64.75 billion in the first quarter. Taken together, there were 12,459 first-hand private residential sales contracts in the first half of the year, with a total value of HK$150,698 billion.
After the Lunar New Year, developers actively promoted new listings. Buyers and investors had strong purchasing power. Coupled with banks successive mortgage concessions, new listings were popular, driving the number of registrations to 28 quarters high after 7,031 in the second quarter of 2019. The amount was the second highest since statistics were available in 1996, only down from HK$88.088 billion in the second quarter of 2017.
As new listings continued to be popular, the number and amount of first-hand registrations in the first half of the year reached 20,525 registrations and 66.8% of the total amount of HK$225 billion in 2025, while the amount reached a record high for 31 and a half years. As the World Cup tournament enters the final stage, the stock market is picking up, and a number of major new markets are poised to be launched. It is believed that the first-hand market will maintain a steady and positive pattern in the second half of the year. It is predicted that 2026 will have about 20,000 first-hand transactions, similar to 2025, and the registration amount is expected to break the HK$200 billion level for 3 consecutive years.
The developer with the highest registered sales amount for major properties in the first half of 2026 was Henderson (00012), which recorded 1,941 and HK$21.653 billion. Other major developers include Sun Hung Kai (00016) with HK$20.698 billion (2,238), Hui Tak Fung with HK$14.065 billion (1,340), and Sino (00083) with HK$12.761 billion (1,525).
In the first half of 2026, according to the registered sales amount of residential projects: Sunrise Kangcheng Phase 13 B-Haijiao Bay I had HK$6.950 billion, 786 cases; Boao Zhuang Phase III had HK$5.340 billion, 322 cases; Sierra Sea IIB had HK$4.731 billion, 758 cases; Sierra Sea IIA had HK$4.474 billion, 714 cases; and Tianyu Phase II had HK$3,512 billion, with 21 cases.