Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for June - August 2020 decreased by 0.3% over the previous period (May - July 2020) to 268.0. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (268.8) and Taipa & Coloane (264.3) dropped by 0.3% and 0.6% respectively.
The index for existing residential units (289.1) held steady from the previous period; the index for those in the Macao Peninsula (282.9) grew by 0.1% while the index for those in Taipa & Coloane (314.8) fell by 0.1%. Analysed by year of building completion, the indices for residential units completed between 6 and 10 years ago and for those built between 11 and 20 years ago fell by 0.5% and 0.3% respectively, while the index for residential units completed in 5 years or less rose by 0.3%. Meanwhile, the index for pre-sale residential units (276.8) decreased by 0.8% from the previous period.
The index for residential units with a usable floor area of less than 50 square metres decreased by 1.1%, while the indices for those with a floor area between 50 and 74.9 square metres and for those with an area between 75 and 99.9 square metres both rose by 0.7%. In terms of high- and low-rise buildings, the indices for residential units of buildings with seven storeys or less and for those with more than seven storeys went down by 1.6% and 0.2% respectively.