2023 ABSD impact on volume: reading the demand contraction signal
- Metric
- Total monthly private residential transactions
- Sale type
- All types
- Time range
- Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
- Reference
- 12-month rolling average pre-ABSD (Jan 2022 – Feb 2023)
- Monthly avg volume (Jan–Feb 2023)
- ~1,850 transactions
- Monthly avg volume (Apr–Jun 2023)
- ~1,100 transactions (post-ABSD April increase)
- Volume decline
- ~40% in 2 months
- Price lag
- Median PSF declined ~3% in CCR by Q3 2023 (2–3 month lag)
これの読み方: The April 2023 ABSD increase (foreigners from 30% to 60%, PRs from 25% to 30%) produced an immediate 40% volume collapse. Prices in CCR followed 2–3 months later with a 3% median PSF softening — confirming the typical volume-leads-price dynamic. An investor who was watching volume in April 2023 had a 2–3 month window to act before the price data confirmed the signal. This is the operational advantage of monitoring transaction volume as a leading indicator rather than waiting for headline price reports.