— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Hong Kong?
Habitat Property holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, recording 15.37% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Observed period
- August 3–9, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- HK
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“Hong Kong's luxury real estate AI opening-control surface is wide open — no actor has locked the primacy slot across this 7-run window.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel is distributed, with no actor exceeding 15.37%.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Habitat Property holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 15.37%, but the surface remains structurally open across this 7-run window. OKAY.com sits 2.32 percentage points behind Habitat Property on AI opening share on this market, recording 13.05%. gov.hk records 10.95%, and the 9 sources behind Habitat Property range from 13.05% down to 4.63%. This panel reflects 7 comparable scheduled runs — enough to map the current visibility landscape, but positions observed here should not be read as settled or directional until confirmed over a longer window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat Property | #1 | 15.37% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| OKAY.com | #2 | 13.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| gov.hk | #3 | 10.95% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Savills Hong Kong | #4 | 9.26% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| Knight Frank Hong Kong | #5 | 7.79% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| hugillandip.com | #6 | 6.53% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Hong Kong Land Registry | #7 | 5.26% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| scmp.com | #8 | 5.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| cbre.com.hk | #9 | 5.05% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #10 | 4.63% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Habitat Property holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 15.37% of all AI Overview openings accumulated across the 7-run window. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it among the most frequently present actors on this surface over the period.
OKAY.com records 13.05% AI opening share on this market, sitting 2.32 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency across the window.
gov.hk records 10.95% AI opening share on this market, a domain that occupies a position on the AI Overview opening-control panel despite sitting 4.42 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Savills Hong Kong records 9.26% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.11 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — present on most but not all observations in the window.
Knight Frank Hong Kong records 7.79% AI opening share on this market, sitting 7.58 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, sharing the same presence frequency as Savills Hong Kong.
hugillandip.com records 6.53% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.84 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, one of the actors present across every observation in the window.
Hong Kong Land Registry records 5.26% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.11 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a domain visible on every observation despite its position in the lower half of the panel.
scmp.com records 5.05% AI opening share on this market, sitting 10.32 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, maintaining presence across the full window from the lower portion of the governed panel.
cbre.com.hk records 5.05% AI opening share on this market, matching scmp.com on the primary metric while sitting 10.32 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty records 4.63% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.74 percentage points behind Habitat Property. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs — the lowest presence frequency on the governed panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The panel is distributed rather than concentrated
The panel is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined. The 9 sources behind Habitat Property sit between 2.32 and 10.74 percentage points behind it, producing a gradual slope rather than a sharp cliff. The surface mixes specialist domains, a government domain, and media — no single category of source commands the opening rail. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Habitat Property holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail by cumulative volume over the period, yet the surface beneath it is fragmented enough that the opening-control question on Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong remains structurally unresolved. The presence of gov.hk in the top three — a government domain appearing alongside specialist real estate sources — signals that AI Overview answers on this market draw from a broader source mix than a purely commercial panel would suggest.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The AI Overview opening-control surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong is wide open across this 7-run window. Habitat Property holds the rank-1 position at 15.37%, but no actor has turned AI-answer openings into established authority on this surface over the observed period. The spread of 10.74 percentage points between the rank-1 and rank-10 actors, combined with the distributed shape of the panel, suggests that the opening-control rail on this market is contested territory rather than a settled hierarchy.
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- Observed:
- August 3–9, 2026
- Published:
- August 11, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Hong Kong? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-hong-kong-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03/2026-08-09) Published: August 11, 2026 Method — How readings are scoped: https://theobservatory.io/method#standards Method — Run metadata: https://theobservatory.io/method/panel#run-metadata Method — Source protocol: https://theobservatory.io/method#source-protocol Method — Corrections and right of reply: https://theobservatory.io/method#corrections Public table: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-hong-kong-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-hong-kong-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Habitat Property holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, recording 15.37% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • Habitat Property: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • OKAY.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • gov.hk: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 3–9, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. Habitat Property — 15.37% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. OKAY.com — 13.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. gov.hk — 10.95% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Savills Hong Kong — 9.26% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #4 5. Knight Frank Hong Kong — 7.79% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #5 6. hugillandip.com — 6.53% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Hong Kong Land Registry — 5.26% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. scmp.com — 5.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. cbre.com.hk — 5.05% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #9 10. List Sothebys International Realty — 4.63% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong in Hong Kong on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries per run. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. Per-actor values use one single period-wide denominator. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 3–9, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787891487540_dy0c36. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims. Attribution: Published by The Observatory · Based on an AAI Kernel capture · governed by The Observatory editorial system Cite: According to The Observatory (August 11, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Hong Kong?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-hong-kong-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 This record is the published reading and its public table/slice as served on the card — not the complete underlying capture or provider dataset. Observed by The Observatory. Not an endorsement, recommendation, market-share claim or commercial ranking. Free reuse, including commercial republication, under The Observatory’s Terms. Retain attribution, source link, scope and date. Revision: b5dfef9c14229490
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share measures which actor is cited at the opening of AI Overview answers — the source AI reaches for first when answering a query. It is not general citation share and it is not organic search ranking.
- How was this panel aggregated?
- Per-actor AI opening share is the sum of each actor's opening values across all 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window (August 3–9, 2026), divided by one single period-wide denominator. The panel is ranked by cumulative opening volume over the period.
- Does this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. Positions observed here should not be read as settled or directional until confirmed over a longer window.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Hong Kong · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong in Hong Kong on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries per run. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. Per-actor values use one single period-wide denominator.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 3–9, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
A capture from AAI Kernel’s governed intelligence — published by The Observatory. One reading of many; the publication date is distinct from the observed window shown above.Published 2026-08-11 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787891487540_dy0c36
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The Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 3–9, 2026, Luxury Real Estate Advisory Hong Kong is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
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