Flats at Kwun Tong set to hit market

Wheelock Properties has opened show flats for Koko Hills in Cha Kwo Ling and will release the first price list soon.

The first price list includes around 83 flats, said managing director Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu.

Phase 1 of Koko Hills will offer 413 units measuring between 345 sq ft and 2,024 sq ft.

In Kai Tak, K Wah International (0173) released 178 flats in the fourth price list of K Summit at an average HK$24,836 per sq ft after discounts, 8.5 percent higher than the first price list.

The cheapest 293-sq-ft studio flat is offered at HK$6.97 million, or HK$23,817 per sq ft after discounts. The developer will launch 206 flats for sale on Saturday.

Separately, former lawmaker Fred Li Wah-ming bought a 1,238-sq-ft flat at 133 Portofino in Sai Kung for HK$38 million.

In the luxury property market, a real estate agency firm recorded 51 transactions in the second quarter in the Peak and Southern District, up by nearly 90 percent quarter-on-quarter.

In Kau To Shan, Paliburg (0617) and Regal Hotel International (0078) sold a 3,027-sq-ft luxury house at Mount Regalia for HK$93.83 million, or HK$31,000 per sq ft.

In the secondary market, a two-bedroom flat at Residence Bel-Air in Pok Fu Lam changed hands for HK$14.95 million, or HK$23,035 per sq ft.

In Yuen Long, a 848-sq-ft flat at Fairview Park fetched HK$10.35 million, or HK$12,205 per sq ft, after HK$450,000 was cut from the original asking price.

In the commercial property market, the real estate agency firm recorded only 33 transactions among the 50 blue-chip Grade A office buildings in the first half, down 63 percent year-on-year.

Thirty-two Grade A office buildings recorded no transactions in the first six months, including No 9 Queen's Road Central and Far East Finance Centre in Admiralty.

The real estate agency firm expects Grade A office building transactions to rebound in the second half, as the epidemic has eased in Hong Kong and more US-listed Chinese companies will return to Hong Kong for secondary listings.

(The Standard)

工商鋪錄241宗成交 代理：按月下跌6%

受政經不明朗因素影響，拖累工商鋪交投受壓。據代理最新數據指出，6月工商鋪市場共錄得約241宗成交，按月下跌約6%，成交金額約55億，處於橫行水平；該行認為，市場現時仍充斥多項不明朗因素，預料未來數月市場交投將窄幅上落。

總成交金額55億

代理表示，雖然本港疫情有所放緩，但5月底受《港區國安法》即將推出，令示威活動再起，市場不明朗因素增加，投資者心態保持審慎。據該代理行資料顯示，截至上月29日，工商鋪買賣輕微下跌，全月共錄約241宗成交，較5月減少約6%，按年跌幅擴闊至五成，至於成交金額方面則因月內缺乏大額交易，總成交金額為55億，與5月份相若，惟對比去年同期仍急挫近五成。

代理續表示，在工商鋪各範疇中，以寫字樓成交量跌幅最急，由5月份約60宗水平大減至6月約29宗，按月跌幅逾五成，反映本港政治局勢欠平穩下，對企業營商有一定影響。至於成交金額方面，上月市場僅錄得零星逾億大額成交，最大宗成交為新世界發展以23.6億出售上環信德中心若干物業權益，以及消息指，新地沽出筲箕灣東大街141至145號金基大廈一籃子商鋪樓面，總面積約19701方呎，成交價約2億。

上月錄1315宗租務

至於租賃表現方面，代理稱，6月共錄得約1315宗工商鋪租務，涉及總金額約8076萬，按月分別下跌約25%及18%；對比去年同期宗數減少約18%，金額跌幅就較大，按年跌約46%。代理指，6月寫字樓租賃交投量按月上漲，共錄約445宗，對比5月約414宗有所增加，由於不少企業部署搬遷至成本較低的辦公室，加上調整周期逐漸延伸至寫字樓物業，租金下調有助吸引租戶進駐，因而帶動成交宗數輕微上升。

代理認為，市場現時受多項不明朗因素影響，料工商鋪物業價格會繼續尋底，惟售價下調有助提升買家入市意欲，交投量可望逐步增加。

(星島日報)