Hong Kong keeps 14th spot in global real estate transparency ranking

The city placed third in Asia, behind Japan and Singapore.

Hong Kong remained the world’s 14th-most transparent real estate market in 2026, according to JLL.

The city ranked third within Asia in JLL’s latest Global Real Estate Transparency Index, behind Japan and Singapore, which placed 12th and 13th globally, respectively.

It recorded a composite score of 1.97, unchanged from the previous edition.

Alex Barnes, Co-CEO at JLL in Greater China, said Hong Kong’s ranking reflects the maturity of its property market framework.

“Access to reliable market information, regulatory certainty and technology-driven data will play an ever more important role,” Barnes said.

“Further progress in emerging sectors, including alternative assets, credit markets and building performance, will strengthen Hong Kong's competitiveness as a leading international real estate investment hub,” he added.

The property consultancy firm said the wider Asia-Pacific recorded the strongest regional improvement in this year’s survey, accounting for half of the world’s top 10 most improved markets.

India led the gains, supported by expanding digital infrastructure, greater market data availability, and a growing real estate investment trust sector.

Meanwhile, Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, and Thailand also recorded improvements.

JLL said cross-border investment into the region has rebounded, with direct transaction volumes in India and Vietnam reaching record highs.

Globally, transaction volumes across the 13 ‘Highly Transparent’ markets rose 64% over the past two years, outperforming the rest of the world by 20 percentage points.

These markets account for 56% of the world’s income-producing real estate and more than 80% of global direct investment, it added.