THE volume of Housing Board resale flats changing hands rose by 16.5 per cent in April from the previous month, while prices eased slightly.THE volume of Housing Board resale flats changing hands rose by 16.5 per cent in April from the previous month, while prices eased slightly.
Mature estates recorded a year-on-year price decrease of 1.4 per cent while prices for non-mature estates remained stagnant. Ms Sun said that the overall price slide was a result of increased housing supply. The price dip in mature estates could also be attributed to a general price weakness of older flats in such estates.