The Land Registry logged 7,631 sale and purchase agreements received for registration for all building units in January, a drop of 15.2% compared with December 2025 but a rise of 54.5% year on year.

The total consideration for building unit sale and purchase agreements in January dropped 12% from the previous month to $57.2 billion. This figure represented a 55.8% year-on-year increase.

A total of 5,669 agreements were for residential units, a decrease of 3.6% from the previous month but a 56.3% rise from a year ago.

The total consideration for residential units was $49.2 billion, down 3.9% compared with the previous month but up 84.1% year-on-year.

There were 426,296 land register searches last month.