Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 7,216 building units were purchased and sold at MOP31.22 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012 as per Stamp Duty record, up by 6.7% and 15.9% respectively quarter-to-quarter. Within these units, 4,543 residential units were purchased and sold at MOP22.78 billion, up by 1.5% and 15.3% respectively quarter-to-quarter.

The average price of all residential units stood at MOP64,869 per square metre of usable area in the fourth quarter of 2012, up by 11.3% quarter-to-quarter on account of higher transaction volume (1,596 cases) and price (MOP84,699 per square metre) of new pre-sale residential units. Analysed by district, the average price of residential units in the Macao Peninsula increased by 22.6% quarter-to-quarter to MOP63,336 per square metre; the average price of those in Coloane rose slightly by 0.5% to MOP82,350 per square metre, while the price of those in Taipa decreased by 0.5% to MOP67,218 per square metre.

Meanwhile, the average price of industrial units rose by 35.7% quarter-to-quarter to MOP25,572 per square metre, whereas that of office units decreased by 2.7% to MOP47,925 per square metre.

For the whole year of 2012, number of building units purchased and sold decreased by 8.0% year-on-year to 25,419, yet the total value increased by 32.3% to MOP100.91 billion. A total of 16,917 residential units were purchased and sold, down by 1.5% year-on-year, while the total value went up by 26.1% to MOP74.23 billion.

Analysed by year of completion of the building, residential units completed in 2010 and after totalled 6,049 (including 4,527 pre-sale units), and 5,318 residential units were completed in 1990-1999. As regards floor area of the unit, 9,048 residential units (53.5% of total) had an area of 50 to 99.9 square metres and 4,492 residential units (26.6% of total) were smaller than 50 square metres. Regarding the price of transaction, 4,004 residential units were sold for MOP6,000,000 or over, and 5,152 units for MOP2,000,000 to under MOP4,000,000.

In 2012, the average price of residential units increased by 38.4% year-on-year to MOP57,362 per square metre, with that of pre-sale units rising by 45.1% to MOP82,897 per square metre; the average price of residential units excluding pre-sale units was MOP47,514 per square metre, up by 36.3% from MOP34,868 per square metre in 2011. In addition, the average price of industrial units rose by 73.4% year-on-year to MOP20,812 per square metre, and that of office units increased by 32.1% to MOP46,320 per square metre.

For the whole year of 2012, a total of 12,339 cases of real estate sale and purchase contracts were made, up by 12.8% year-on-year, and the number of units rose by 13.1% to 15,915. Moreover, there were 8,917 cases of residential mortgage contracts signed, up by 12.4% year-on-year.

In 2012, gross floor area of buildings completed increased by 34.9% year-on-year to 1,568,470 square metres, altogether providing 2,558 units (2,443 are residential units), 4,236 parking spaces for cars and 1,468 parking spaces for motorcycles.