Virus strikes housing market as buyers lie low
The
Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has continued to dent the sentiment in Hong
Kong's property market as buyers pull out of home purchase deals, home
viewings plunge and the secondary market sees more price cuts.
A prospective homebuyer forfeited
a deposit of around HK$340,000 after pulling out of the purchase of a
437-sq-ft flat at Emerald Bay in Tuen Mun, which was priced at HK$6.82
million, or HK$15,606 per sq ft.
Some major developers continued to open their sales offices despite the escalating coronavirus crisis.
K Wah International (0173) said
sales offices will continue to open as usual and New World Development
(0017) said sales offices have resumed operation since yesterday.
But Wheelock and Company (0020) will close all sales offices except one at The Gateway in Tsim Sha Tsui.
In the secondary market, property
agency only recorded three secondary transactions at the ten major
housing estates over the past weekend, down by 75 percent week-on-week.
Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay, South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau and Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai each recorded one transaction.
A three-bedroom flat at Taikoo
Shing changed hands for HK$14.8 million, or HK$21,765 per sq ft. A
748-sq-ft flat at South Horizons fetched HK$10.45 million, or HK$13,971
per sq ft. A three-bedroom flat at Kingswood Villas sold for HK$5.33 million, or HK$9,798 per sq ft.
Meanwhile, in the North District,
home viewings slumped 70 percent during the Lunar New Year holidays and
homeowners in the area are slashing asking prices to woo buyers,
according to property agency.
The real estate agency said North
District is near the mainland and the SAR government last Saturday
proposed to convert the unoccupied Fai Ming Estate into a potential
quarantine site for the emerging coronavirus outbreak, making it
unattractive.
In Fanling, a 400-sq-ft flat at
Avon Park changed hands for HK$4.55 million, or HK$11,375 per sq ft,
after about HK$400,000 was cut from the initial asking price. Another
299-sq-ft flat at Green Code fetched HK$4.55 million, after HK$180,000
was slashed from the original asking price.
But another property agency
expects property prices to increase by about 10 percent by year-end due
to low interest rates and the short of home supply. They believes that
the local social unrest and the coronavirus outbreak will not weigh on
Hong Kong's property market in the long term.
In other news, the property agency estimates the number of property
transactions will rise 10 percent month-on-month to 4,300 in January,
while the total consideration will fall 8.6 percent month-on-month to
HK$32 billion.
(The Standard)
鄧成波標售西貢5地 意向價25億
大型地皮難求，鄧成波標售西貢5幅地皮，合共13萬呎地盤，叫價25億元，地皮已申請作大型安老院舍暨住宅發展，可重建26萬呎樓面。
代理表示，有業主以招標形式放售西貢康定路1、2、6、7及9號地皮，截標日期為3月7日。據了解，業主意向價約25億元。
翻查資料，項目由鄧成波持有，多年來一直收集該地段業權，包括2017年以7.33億元，購入康定路6號實惠集團大廈，以及康定路1號四洲集團大廈全幢。2018年，再斥2.5億元，購入香港食品投資西貢康定路2號四洲食品網匯中心全幢。經過整合後，如今項目地皮達13萬平方呎，現時樓面建築面積約38.3萬平方呎。
樓面呎價約9615
據了解，現時物業為工廈用途，而地盤現有規劃用途為「住宅（戊類）1」，可重建成住宅，預計可重建成26萬呎樓面，按25億元價計，每呎樓面地價約9,615元。
去年尾，業主就持有的5幅西貢康定路用地，由原先工業項目，申作大型安老院舍暨住宅發展，將共興建5幢8層高混合發展樓宇，合共提供1,403個安老院舍床位，以及99個私人單位。據悉，5幅用地均申請放寬地積比以約2.74至2.8倍發展，當中1號及6號，將會分別興建成1幢8層高樓宇，涉及總住用樓面約6.7萬平方呎，平均每伙單位約677平方呎。而另一面將留為社福設施，作為安老院舍，若成功獲批放寬地積比，則樓面可提供28.3萬平方呎。據悉，業主早年曾向城規會申請住宅及私立學校發展，但未獲得通過。而康定路7、9號項目原由北海集團 （00701）
持有，去年3月獲批興建住宅，但隨後互換轉售予鄧成波家族。
比鄰信置逸瓏海滙
附近住宅項目方面，信和置業 （00083）
旗下西貢的逸瓏海滙，比鄰為是次標售地盤。發展商於2016年開售，近日售出一個1座地下單位，實用面積852平方呎，花園面積383平方呎，作價超過1,418萬元，呎價16,645元。
(經濟日報)
