Taiwan home sales reach 17,566 in six cities in October 2026
Taiwan's six main cities recorded 17,566 home transfers in October, 2.1% below September but 3.4% above a year earlier, leaving volumes broadly flat.
The facts
- The six special municipalities registered 17,566 transfers of building ownership in October, 2.1% fewer than in September and 3.4% more than in October 2025.
- New Taipei posted the largest count at 4,347, up 7.1% on the month and 3.4% on the year.
- Taichung recorded 3,623, down 6% on the month and down 3.8% on the year, and Taoyuan 3,496, down 1.7% on the month but up 7.9% on the year.
- Kaohsiung reached 2,775, down 4.8% on the month yet up 11.3% on the year, the fastest annual rise of the six; Tainan fell hardest over the year, down 7.9% to 1,406.
- Taipei had the smallest count at 1,919, down 10% on the month but up 9.2% on the year.
- Over January to October the combined total turned from negative to 0.2% above the same period of 2025.
What it means for your money
- Volumes are flat, not falling. Ten months of 2026 sit 0.2% above last year, so selling is no easier than it was.
- Glopra puts the cost of buying in Taiwan and selling again at 13.7% of the price, a charge that a market moving 0.2% in ten months gives little room to recover.
- Where a buyer looks changes the picture: Kaohsiung and Taipei drew 11.3% and 9.2% more transfers than a year ago, while Tainan and Taichung drew 7.9% and 3.8% fewer.
- An owner selling in Tainan or Taichung faces a thinner buyer pool than a year ago; one selling in Kaohsiung or Taipei faces a larger one.
What to watch
- These counts record transfers of ownership rather than signed contracts, so the handover of a single completed block can move one city sharply. The Taiwan Housing Trend Center attributes Tainan's fall to a pause in handovers in Shanhua and Yongkang, and Kaohsiung's rise to demand in Nanzi and Sanmin.
- The total covers the six special municipalities only, so the island's other counties and cities are not included.
Sources: Economic Daily News https://money.udn.com/money/story/5621/9852496; Central News Agency https://news.cts.com.tw/cna/money/202611/202611023096467.html