尖东康宏广场高层 呎价1.48万
通关带动商厦交投，消息指，尖东康宏广场高层09室，面积约1,213平方呎，以约1,800万元成交，呎价约1.48万元，单位以交吉交易。
据了解，原业主于2011年以约1,673万元购入单位，持货12年转手，帐面获利约127万元，单位升值约7.6%。
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有代理行表示，铜锣湾万国宝通中心中层04室，建筑面积约2594方呎，业主意向售价约4487万元，呎价约1.73万元；意向租金约5.18万元，呎租约20元。
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China border reopening to boost demand for Hong Kong office space, but rents won’t rise significantly, analysts say
Property agency expects vacancy levels to go up from 14.6 per cent currently to closer to 16 per cent by the end of 2023, because of a ‘supply boom’
Pace of economic recovery and overhang of new office spaces from last year are likely to temper any expansion afforded by mainland Chinese firms, another agency says
The reopening of Hong Kong’s borders with mainland China and the rest of the world is likely to boost the take up of office space in the city, but rents are not expected to rise significantly, analysts said.
They have given a wide range of forecasts for office rents, from an increase of as much as 3 per cent to a decline of as much as 10 per cent this year.
Hong Kong’s new office stock is estimated to hit 14.5 million sq ft in 2023, a record high and the equivalent of the total gross floor area of every building in Hong Kong’s core Central business district, a property agent said.
“We will continue to see a supply boom coming into the market,” the agent said. “So, we do expect the vacancy level will continue to go up from, like I said, 14.6 per cent currently. We forecast that by the end of 2023, the market vacancy level will be getting closer to 16 per cent, if all new supply or the pipeline is completed in the next 12 months.”
Rents are likely to decline by as much as 5 per cent. “We are seeing a potential demand recovery, particularly from Chinese firms that will support leasing activity for 2023, thanks to the border reopening, while [multinational companies] will continue to stay cost-cautious on expansion plans due to global economic headwinds and high financing costs,” another agent said. “However, cost control and escalating vacancy pressures will continue to weigh on rents until demand is strong enough to reverse this trend.”
The pace of recovery and overhang of new office spaces from last year are likely to temper any expansion afforded by mainland Chinese firms, another agency said, which forecast a further slump of as much as 10 per cent in office rents this year.
“The rebounding stock market, a loosening of most Covid-19-related measures, as well as the scheduled border reopening with the mainland, are all positive spins for office demand, but uncertainties linger given hangover vacancy from 2022 completions, and concerns over the speed of recovery,” another agent said.
Others see office rents rising this year. “The reopening of China’s borders will be a game changer for the sector,” another agent said. “As business travel resumes across borders, we expect more viewings and leasing enquiries, which are likely to strengthen office rents, with overall grade-A office rents estimated to increase moderately by 3 per cent year on year.”
Hong Kong’s Central is likely to “benefit the most with 5 per cent year-on-year growth compared to a dip of 2.3 per cent year on year at the end of 2022”, the agent added.
Beijing abandoning its zero-Covid policy will definitely be a positive for Hong Kong’s property investment market and the rest of the region, an agent said.
However, the return of Chinese tourists and Chinese businesses to the region could also drive up prices with higher demand. This, in turn, is likely to trigger further increases in interest rates by monetary authorities, tempering any recovery.
“We expect the inflow of Chinese tourists into the rest of Asia-Pacific to be very, very positive for not just hotels and retail, but also for corporate profits and office demand,” the agent said, adding that China’s closed borders had allowed for slower inflation, and its reopening could push up inflationary pressures.
(South China Morning Post)