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Hong Kong property agency ​temporarily closes its offices as city struggles to contain Omicron outbreak


A local property agency has asked its 30-strong team to work from home until further notice

Another property agency says it still allows agents to come to the office

With the coronavirus pandemic raging on in Hong Kong, businesses are adapting to the situation by cutting operating hours and asking staff to work from home.

While restaurants have been disproportionately affected by the city’s most stringent social distancing measures since the pandemic began two years ago, property brokerages have not been spared either.

A local property agency has temporarily closed all its branches for the first time in its 31-year history. It has asked its 30-strong team to work from home until further notice since Monday.

Although the company has seen a 20 per cent decline in business in recent weeks owing to the pandemic, the decision has been made mainly to protect the health and safety of staff, a spokeswoman from the agency said.

“This is our first time to work from home, but if any staff member needs to work at the office, they can still go there,” she said. The agency has 12 teams spread across five branches in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is currently battling the more transmissible strain of Omicron. On Tuesday, the city recorded 30,493 coronavirus cases and 291 deaths, which included backlogged ones. The city has logged some 500,000 cases and over 2,280 deaths so far.

On Monday, the Securities and Futures Commission urged Hong Kong businesses to prepare for compulsory universal Covid-19 testing, an event that is likely to affect their operations.

Meanwhile, some property agencies like one of the largest local property agencies were still allowing employees to come to their offices. Only support staff were currently working from home, agent said.

Hong Kong’s property brokerages have been largely unaffected by an economic slowdown that saw the city’s unemployment rate hit a record high of 7.2 per cent in February 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Many employees laid off by Cathay Pacific have been hired by property agencies and insurers owing to their experience in customer service and hospitality.

As of February, the total number of listed agents in Hong Kong reached a record high of 42,408, rising for nine consecutive months, according to the latest data from the Estate Agents Authority.

However, the fifth wave of the coronavirus outbreak has led to a steep decline in property transactions, while the city’s leading developers have delayed new project launches.

Some 3,992 deals for residential, commercial and industrial real estate as well as parking spaces were conducted in February, the lowest since 3,776 deals in January 2020, according to data compiled by another large local property agency.

The total value of the transactions plummeted 32.5 per cent to a 23-month low of HK$36.71 billion (US$4.70 billion).

“Property sales in March will definitely be fewer than those in January and February, as most people are concerned about their health and what to do if they become infected with Covid-19,” a surveyor said.

(South China Morning Post)

 

金鐘海富中心呎租44元跌逾20%

受疫情衝擊,甲廈市場淪為「重災區」。市場消息指,金鐘海富中心高層單位,交吉逾半年後,以每呎約44元租出,較舊租金急挫逾兩成。

據地產代理指出,金鐘海富中心一座高層12室,建築面積約886方呎,以每呎約44元租出,月租約38984元,以現今市道計,屬貼市價水平。

交吉逾半年始租出

據悉,上址前一手租金約每呎約56元,惟於去年8月已交吉,故單位交吉約7個月後,租金下跌約21%

資料顯示,該甲廈近期成交呎租徘徊於40多元水平,其中,該廈2座中層06室,面積約2064方呎,於去年以每呎約46元租出,月租約94944元。

租金屬市價水平

此外,灣仔區內亦錄商廈減租個案,據市場消息指出,會展廣場辦公大樓高層10室,建築面積約1463方呎,以每呎約43元租出,月租約62909元。

會展廣場辦公大樓高層呎租44

據地產代理指出,上述單位舊租金為每呎約55元,惟商戶去年底已遷出,業主早前以每呎約52元放租,受疫情影響,市場洽租力疲弱,令議幅逐步擴闊,單位交吉約半年後租出,租金下跌約兩成。

(星島日報)

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京瑞廣場地鋪意向呎租70

民生區鋪位於疫市下表現「硬淨」,部份業主亦趁勢放租,沙田石門京瑞廣場單邊巨鋪以意向月租21.4萬放租,呎租約70元。

每月租金21.4

代理表示,沙田安群街1京瑞廣場二期地下G01號鋪,面積約3056方呎,業主現以意向月租約21.4萬放租,呎租約70元,該鋪前租戶為燒臘茶餐廳,由2019年起承租至2月初交吉,現維持原有裝潢及連同餐廳生財工具招租,該鋪位處大單邊,屬市場罕有供應,料對食肆等商戶具吸引力。

事實上,京瑞廣場近期頻錄大手成交,當中更不乏資深投資者,資料顯示,恒和珠寶集團創辦人兼執行董事陳聖澤,於去年9月斥資逾1.28億連環購入沙田石門京瑞廣場兩單邊鋪位,呎價達5.64萬起,料回報逾三厘,位處大單邊,並且鄰近港鐵石門站出口,成交價屬市價水平。

栢豪全層意向價1800

另一方面,代理表示,尖沙嘴山林道18號栢豪商業大廈中層全層,面積約1811方呎,意向售價約1800萬元,呎價約9939元。代理表示,上址早前為業主自用物業,單位現已交吉,以市值租金計,料買家享租報約3厘,屬不俗水平。

(星島日報)

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財團爭購鴨脷洲舊樓擴版圖涉六個重建項目群起「插旗」建地標

近年本港土地供應短缺,尤其鐵路沿綫項目更為罕有,不少財團透過舊樓併購增土儲。其中,鴨脷洲在鐵路通車及「躍動港島南」計畫推動下,發展商紛於區內「插旗」興建地標,區內舊樓掀起收購潮,據本報統計,目前區內至少有6個舊樓收購或已完成併購項目,並擬改劃住宅發展,涉及可建總樓面約15.78萬方呎,料為該區帶來新住宅供應,有助舊區蛻變成新一個鐵路沿綫社區。

本港房屋供應緊張,部分財團早已瞄準鴨脷洲一帶舊樓發展潛力,紛進駐「插旗」收購重建,未來具潛力發展成一個鐵路沿綫社區;最矚目為宏安地產近期「一口氣」遞交申請強拍區內3幢舊樓,以發揮協同效應,涉可建總樓面約4.57萬方呎,市場總估值約3.008億;亦是該區目前已知最大單一集團併購項目。

宏安已於上月率先申請強拍上述3個毗鄰的舊樓項目,包括南德大樓、海德樓,以及花洲大樓,務求統一業權發展,而總市場估值約3.008億;而地盤面積及市場估值最大為鴨脷洲平瀾街5B號、鴨脷洲大街2123號的花洲大樓,該項目地盤面積約1833方呎,涉及可建總樓面約16493方呎,單計該項目市場估值約1.1939億;若上述3個地盤合併發展,地盤面積擴展至約5075方呎,涉及可建總樓面約45675方呎。

總樓面約15.78萬呎

除近日申請強拍項目外,據宏安年報顯示,該公司曾於207月成功收購位於鴨脷洲大街120126號項目,地盤面積約3600方呎,擬議住宅及商業發展,重建後應佔總樓面約37100方呎,該地盤現正進行地基工程,預計於2023年落成。

連樂風集團亦夥拍新加坡的房地產私募股權投資公司SCCapitalPartners,收購平瀾街24A號和好景街2628號的大部分業權,以作住宅項目重建;該地盤面積約4000方呎,可建總樓面約35000方呎,總收購價約4.18億,每方呎樓面地價約11943元。該公司計畫重建為港島南區的標誌性建築,屆時所有住戶均可享香港仔海峽和海濱長廊景觀。

另外,莊士中國更早於2019年斥資4.55億收購鴨脷洲大街2632號舊樓,地盤面積約4320方呎,早年亦獲批建一幢樓高27層的商住物業,涉及住宅樓面約35787方呎,而整個項目可建總樓面約39767方呎。

(星島日報)

會展廣場辦公大樓呎租43

消息指,灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓中高層10室,面積約1,463平方呎,以6.3萬元租出,呎租約43元,租金略低於市場水平。

另外,灣仔夏慤大廈低層0205室,面積約5,300平方呎,以每平方呎約42元租出,涉及月租約22萬元。

(經濟日報)

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觀塘兩工廈 再改劃申建甲廈

受惠活化工廈政策,有關的重建申請活躍,觀塘觀塘道334336號的遠東工業大廈及比鄰的觀塘道338號觀塘自由倉大廈,早前已經向城規會申請放寬地積比至14.4倍,以重建成1幢甲級商廈。不過,申請人近日修改申請資料,當中包括將項目的額外地積比率由0.253倍增至0.42倍,而額外的總樓面面積亦隨之增加約66%2,884平方呎至7,276平方呎,令整體項目總樓面面積由約25.4萬平方呎增至約25.7萬平方呎。

另外,為了令擬建項目與周邊樓宇更相容,其高度限制亦會由125.9米 (主水平基準上,下同) 減至115米,樓層高度為26層 (包括1層平台花園),並另設5層地庫。

(經濟日報)

大鴻輝成功併購 鴨寮街數舊樓

近年不少財團於長沙灣、深水埗一帶併購舊樓,例如大鴻輝集團剛成功併購鴨寮街數幢舊樓,估計投入約10億元打造中小型住宅。

資料顯示深水埗鴨竂街94號至102號共436層高舊樓,樓齡介乎4871年,獲大鴻輝集團收購,共涉及約27個住宅及地舖,個別單位收購呎價逾1.9萬元,例如鴨竂街1023B室,實用面積443平方呎,收購價850萬元,呎價19,187元。

據悉總收購價大約6億元,若以地盤面積共約6,501平方呎,以地積比9倍發展計,可建樓面約5.85萬平方呎,即收購樓面呎價約1.03萬元。大鴻輝興業主席梁紹鴻回應查詢指出,估計總投資額約10億元,將興建中小型住宅。

(經濟日報)