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Beitou Presale Units Disclosed Reach 629 in First 8 Months, No. 1 in Taipei for Second Straight Year

According to actual-price registration (sold prices) statistics, Beitou District had 629 presale units disclosed in the first 8 months of 2026 and 852 for all of 2025, ranking first in Taipei in both periods.

Beitou Presale Units Disclosed Reach 629 in First 8 Months, No. 1 in Taipei for Second Straight Year
In three sentences
  1. Based on actual-price registration (sold prices) data, Sinyi Realty counted 629 presale units disclosed in Beitou District in the first 8 months of 2026, the most in Taipei.
  2. Beitou District had 852 presale units disclosed for all of 2025, also the most in Taipei.
  3. Zeng Jingde said the benefits of tech companies moving in are felt most inside the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park land readjustment area, and spillover effects are currently limited.

Based on its compilation of disclosed actual-price registration (sold prices) data, Sinyi Realty found that among Taipei's hot districts for presale transactions in the first 8 months of 2026, Beitou District ranked first with 629 units, Wenshan District second with 516 units, and Zhongshan District third with 348 units.

For all of 2025, Beitou District had 852 presale units disclosed, Wenshan District 579 units, and Datong District 479 units. Looking further back, the district with the most for all of 2024 was Zhongshan District with 1,099 units, followed by Wenshan District with 920 units, and Beitou District third with 839 units.

Zeng Jingde, project manager at the Sinyi Realty Real Estate Research Office, said sales in the early stage of development of the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park land readjustment area were good, the area went quiet for a while after the seventh wave of controls, and a new round of buying interest came after news of Nvidia moving in. He also said projects with medium-to-high total prices have been selling well in the area, which has pushed Beitou to become a hot area of Taipei's housing market over the past two years.

He Shichang, CEO of Xinchuan Real Estate Think Tank, said that after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced on May 19, 2025 that the company's headquarters would be located in the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park, the monthly average number of presale deals in Beitou rose to 84, a record high, and the average unit price of deals rose to NT$1.128 million per ping.

What it means for you

People who want to buy a presale home in Beitou can first distinguish whether a project is inside or outside the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park land readjustment area, because Zeng Jingde noted that the benefits are most evident inside the area. They can also compare the deal unit prices of different projects, such as the average deal unit price of NT$1.128 million per ping for Beitou presale homes cited by He Shichang, CEO of Xinchuan Real Estate Think Tank.

Quick quiz

2 questions; pick an answer to see the explanation

  1. Which district had the most presale units disclosed in actual-price registration (sold prices) in Taipei for all of 2025?
  2. How many presale units were disclosed in actual-price registration (sold prices) in Wenshan District in Taipei in the first 8 months of 2026?

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Beitou presale units rank first in Taipei for two straight years. Which district in Taipei has the most presale transactions?
How did Beitou get its ranking?
What do industry experts think, and what can buyers check first before buying?
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What happened?: Beitou has the most presale units disclosed. In the first 8 months of 2026, Beitou had 629 presale units disclosed in actual-price registration (sold prices); first in Taipei for a second straight year; second place Wenshan District with 516 units, third place Zhongshan District with 348 units
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Ranking changes over three years: Beitou moved from third to first. Full-year 2024: Zhongshan District first with 1,099 units, Beitou third with 839 units; full-year 2025: Beitou first with 852 units, Wenshan second with 579 units; first 8 months of 2026: Beitou with 629 units, still first
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What does the industry think?: Buying interest recovered after Nvidia news. Sinyi Realty's Zeng Jingde: sales in the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park were good early on, then went quiet for a while after controls; Zeng Jingde: news of Nvidia moving in came out in mid-last year, bringing new buying interest; Xinchuan's He Shichang: after Jensen Huang's announcement on May 19, 2025, the monthly average of 84 deals set a record high
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Who should pay closer attention?: People who want to buy presale homes in Beitou. Zeng Jingde: benefits are most evident inside the land readjustment area, and spillover effects are limited; first distinguish whether a project is inside or outside the land readjustment area; compare the deal unit prices of different projects; He Shichang: the average deal unit price of Beitou presale homes is NT$1.128 million per ping
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Questions to ask before looking at presale homes: 1. Is this project inside the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park land readjustment area, or outside it? 2. What are the recent actual-price registration (sold prices) deal unit prices for presale homes of the same type in the same district? 3. How much does this project's deal unit price differ from other nearby presale projects? The number of units disclosed in actual-price registration is the number of transactions that have been disclosed; when looking at a project, you still need to compare each project's conditions and deal unit price.
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