The rating and valuation Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region Government announced on the 29th that the private housing price index reached 354.2 in April, rising for four consecutive months to a seven-month high. Data show that the private housing price index in April was 354.2, up about 0.54 per cent month-on-month, slower than in the first three months of this year, but still down 8 per cent year-on-year. So far, the price index of private housing in Hong Kong has rebounded by more than 5.8% from its lowest level in recent years recorded in December last year. At the same time, the private housing rent index in April was 178.2, rising about 1.42% month-on-month for three months, and 0.5% year-on-year, up 1.54% in the first four months of this year.