Hong Kong remains the most expensive prime residential city market in the world, with an average prime price of $4,251 per sq ft in 2018, according to latest data from Knight Frank’s Wealth Report Insight Series.
Across the 10 cities surveyed, Dubai remains the most affordable market of those analysed with an average price of $625 per sq ft, just 15 percent of the average price in Hong Kong.
It has nevertheless seen some of the highest price premiums. In 2014 at the peak of the market, one sale achieved $3,976 per sq ft, the fourth highest price achieved in any one location that year.
Taimur Khan, research manager at Knight Frank Middle East said: “Dubai remains relatively affordable on a global basis. This relative affordability is not an indication of a lack of prime schemes. In fact, there are a number of schemes where the quality matches or in some cases, surpasses what is found in the aforementioned key global cities.
"Knight Frank has seen strong demand for properties in this segment of the market, with the benefit that in Dubai, buyers are able to acquire these prime projects at values that are relatively lower, compared to other key global cities, whilst still benefiting from Dubai’s business and lifestyle offer.”
Analysis over a five-year period shows that, despite average prices continuing to rise since 2014, the top price ever achieved in Hong Kong was back in 2016 when a home on The Peak sold for $28,154 per sq ft for a total of $38.3m. Since then, the top price for a home has dropped by 16 percent.
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