MACAO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Macao's overall residential property price index from February to April 2023 increased 0.9 percent over the previous period from January to March 2023 to 251.2, the special administrative region's statistics service said on Thursday.

The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service showed that the indices for the Macao Peninsula, as well as Taipa and Coloane, rose 0.8 percent and 1.1 percent from the previous three-month period to 249.9 and 256.6, respectively.

The index for existing residential units went up 0.9 percent from the previous period to 269.6, with the indices for those in the Macao Peninsula and in Taipa and Coloane rising 0.8 percent and 1.2 percent to 259.9 and 308.2, respectively.

The index for pre-sale residential units grew 0.1 percent over the previous period to 290.7.