Taiwan's price registration 2.0 shows house numbers since 2021: exclude special deals and parking

A home with a total price of NT$16 million and 30 ping of main building area: what is the price per ping? Dividing directly gives about NT$533,000. But if the total includes a NT$2 million parking space, removing it leaves about NT$466,700. When buying property in Taiwan, the first step in reading actual-price registration is to be clear about which figure you are comparing.

Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior put actual-price registration 2.0 into effect on 1 July 2021. According to a report by the Economic Daily News in October 2025, the new system fully discloses house numbers and land lot numbers, applies retroactively, and drops the earlier practice of blurring locations to street sections. This article uses the official lookup site as its backbone to set out the search steps and common traps.

Registration 2.0: from blurred street sections to full house numbers

Under the old system, buyers could see only the approximate location along a given road section. The Economic Daily News says that since 2.0 took effect, house numbers and land lot numbers are fully public, penalties for false or late reporting are heavier, and the government has gained the power to investigate.

Presales are affected too. The Liberty Times reported on 1 July 2021 that the new system discloses eight items for presale homes: full address, floor, unit, project name, total price, month of transaction, unit price and total floor area in ping. The same report says the Ministry's price website added a "presale project filing" section to its home page, alongside the sales, rental and presale search pages.

Step by step: starting from the Ministry's lookup site

The official entry point is the Ministry of the Interior's real estate transaction actual-price lookup service. Its page describes itself as offering a more immediate way to look up property transaction prices (checked on 11 November 2026). The Economic Daily News suggests this process:

1. Open the Ministry of the Interior's real estate transaction actual-price lookup service and choose "real estate sales" or "presale home sales" as needed.
2. Choose the city or county and the district.
3. Narrow the results by property type, community name, transaction period, unit-price range, area unit and building age.
4. Click an individual address to see floor, use, parking, management and lift details, as well as the property's past transaction history.

Trap one: special transactions distort the market picture

The Economic Daily News notes that the remarks column flags special transactions, such as those between relatives and friends, employees or co-owners. Prices from deals between relatives and friends, from homes with a death on the premises, from debt-related sales and from urgent sales may all differ from market levels, and should be excluded first when comparing prices.

The approach is to open the remarks column for each record and leave any flagged record out of your comparison list.

Trap two: parking prices not separated out

A "car" character next to the total price means the price includes a parking space. The Economic Daily News advises checking the parking price in the transaction details, deducting it from the total first, and then calculating the price per ping.

• Example: a total price of NT$16 million, of which the parking space is NT$2 million, with 30 ping of main building area.
• After deducting parking, the price is NT$14 million, or about NT$466,700 per ping.
• If you divide without deducting parking, the unit price is overstated, and comparisons with homes without parking become distorted.

Trap three: a time lag between sale and registration

The figures online do not appear on the day of the sale. Citing Article 47 of the Equalisation of Land Rights Act, the Economic Daily News says sales must be reported within 30 days of registration, and presales handled by a sales agency must be reported within 30 days of signing.

In other words, the latest record you find may not be the latest deal in the market. Widening the transaction period and checking the transaction month of each record is more reliable than looking only at the most recent few.

Market background: third-quarter price index almost flat

Data updated on 5 November 2026 by Sinyi Realty's real estate research office show the Sinyi Housing Price Index for Taiwan in the third quarter of 2026 at 168.64, down 0.07% from the previous quarter and down 0.05% from a year earlier. The page describes prices as almost flat. It also says transaction volume has not yet risen noticeably, but gives no specific volume figure.

An index reflects the overall trend, not the particular home you have your eye on. What you still need to compare is the transaction unit price in the same district and of the same type, after removing parking and special transactions.

Before you bid, do three things

• Exclude deals flagged as special transactions in the remarks column.
• Wherever a "car" character appears next to the total price, deduct the parking price before calculating the unit price.
• Check the transaction month of each record, and remember that sales must be reported within 30 days of registration.

Actual-price registration makes transaction prices public, but the numbers do not explain their own background. Breaking down each record means that your negotiating position rests on data rather than impressions. For sale contracts or tax arrangements, consult a licensed professional.

Prices and details correct as of November 2026

This article is general information, not investment, tax or insurance advice. Everyone’s circumstances differ; consult a licensed professional before making decisions.