Hong Kong home prices rise higher in March as rents peak for a fifth month straight

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices rose 1.4 per cent in March, bringing the first-quarter increase to an accelerated pace of 4.4 per cent, according to the latest official data, indicating the property market’s resilience despite uncertainties brought about by the US-Israel war on Iran. The monthly increase was slower than February’s 1.8 per cent, but 2026’s first-quarter rise was faster than the 2.