Home buyers stay on the sidelines
The coronavirus outbreak continued
to dampen sentiment as homebuyers gave a lukewarm response to the flats on
offer at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun, and Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016)
recorded 11 deposit forfeitures at St Martin in Pak Shek Kok in a single day on
March 6.
This came as the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority reduced its benchmark interest rate by 50 points on March 4 in
lockstep with the US Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut, while local banks
left their prime rates on hold.
The forfeited deposits totaled
nearly HK$15 million over the 11 flats at St Martin, with a sales director at an
real estate agency firm giving up HK$3.35 million after pulling out of the
purchase of a four-bedroom flat. The 11 flats were offered at between HK$6.72
million and HK$22.33 million, or between HK$17,067 per sq ft and HK$23,700 per
sq ft.
In Tseung Kwan O, Wheelock and
Company (0020) received around 300 subscriptions for 101 flats at its Ocean
Marini project at Lohas Park as of yesterday afternoon. The developer will
launch the project for sale as early as mid-March.
Meanwhile, China Evergrande (3333)
sold only 49 out of 141 flats at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun as of 3pm
Saturday, though the developer had provided more discounts.
In late February, China Evergrande
cut the average per-square-foot prices of the 250 flats in the first price list
by 4 percent to HK$16,304, after discounts, from HK$16,942 previously.
In the secondary market, a real
estate agency firm reported 15 secondary transactions at ten major housing
estates over the past weekend, down by 30 percent week-on-week.
Blue-chip estates Kornhill in Quarry
Bay, Metro City in Tseung Kwan O and Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung saw no
secondary transactions.
In other secondary transaction
activities, a 1,002-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai changed
hands for HK$9.99 million, or HK$9,978 per sq ft, after about HK$2 million was
slashed from the original asking price.
And a 545-sq-ft flat at Tai Koo
Shing in Quarry Bay changed hands for HK$9.4 million, or HK$17,248 per sq ft,
after HK$1.1 million was rubbed off from the initial asking price.
(The Standard)
順豐全層每呎1.39萬沽造價重返三年前水平灣仔乙級商廈12年升值1.67倍
近期工商鋪市況淡靜，市場亦出現優質盤源，灣仔順豐國際中心中層全層單位，以每呎1.39萬易手，造價重返3年前水平，買家料可享回報率逾3厘。該物業於12年間升值逾1.67倍。
上址為灣仔皇后大道東182號順豐國際中心中層全層單位，以3099.81萬易手，以建築面積2228方呎，平均呎價13912元，單位市值呎租逾35元，料買家可享回報逾3厘。有代理指出，該廈位於地標商廈合和中心對面，與港鐵灣仔站距離步程大約3至5分鐘，向來放盤量少，於過去兩年，每年只錄得1至2宗買賣，是次最新成交，造價稍低於市價，並重返3年前水平。
面積2228方呎
土地註冊處資料顯示，上址原業主於2008年3月購入單位，作價1158.56萬，持貨12年，帳面獲利1941.25萬，升值逾1.67倍。
該名代理續說，以該單位呎價1.39萬計算，造價重返2017年水平，該廈於2018年中至2019年初商廈高峰期，業主惜貨，未見有任何買賣，因此未有創下最高成交呎價紀錄。而於2017年9月，該廈22樓全層以3007.8萬易手，當時平均呎價1.35萬。
成交價3099萬
由於順豐國際中心位置及大廈質素俱佳，自從跌市以來，放盤不乏承租，去年9月，雖然大型示威持續，「賭王」何鴻燊女兒何超賢，斥資3119.2萬購入該廈19樓全層，呎價1.4萬，建築面積約2228方呎，市值呎租逾35元，料回報率逾3厘。
上址原業主早於1994年購入單位，當時作價1559.6萬，持貨25年，帳面獲利1559.6萬，剛好升值1倍。土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主於2018年間，分別向兩家財務公司承借一按及二按，有代理指出，這就是原業主要賣樓的原因。
料回報逾三厘
該廈一直不乏名人追捧，藝人劉愷威於2017年6月，購入該廈26樓全層，作價2851.84萬，以單位建築面積約2228方呎計算，平均每方呎約1.28萬，原業主於2013年1月以2228萬購入上址，持貨約4年易手，帳面獲利約623萬，物業升值約28%。
該廈普遍都以全層形式買賣，只有個別樓層拆售，於2017年8月，該廈17樓04室，面積約376方呎，以每方呎約1.4萬易手，涉資526.4萬。
(經濟日報)
