受疫情等因素冲击，甲厦市场备受压力。有代理行指出，今年第二季甲厦空置率报9.5%，属2004年以来17年新高，租金更连跌25个月，该行认为，现今甲厦需求仍然疲弱，料下半年租金有机会再跌约5%。
代理指出，受疫情等因素打击，大部分企业纷减省写字楼楼面以求存，受疫情稍回稳，今年次季企业裁员的较今年首季明显放缓，惟现今市场需求仍然疲弱，甲厦市场于今年次季录负吸纳量 (承租楼面低于退租楼面) 8.1万方呎，为连续第8季录负吸纳量。
空置率报9.5% 十七年来新高
至于空置率方面，该代理指，甲厦整体空置率于今年第二季报9.5%，属2004年以来17年新高水平，若以各区划分，中环空置约7.4%，属稳定水平，九龙东空置率为各区中最高，幅度高见13.5%。
另外，整体甲厦租金于今年次季下跌2.9%，虽跌幅已放缓，惟属连跌25个月，若以各区划分，以尖沙嘴区「早伤」，该区租金按季下跌约5.6%，中环区则按季下跌2%，该行亦指出，中环区租金按年下跌约3.2%，并较2019年第2季的高峰期回落约31.1%。
该代理认为，疫情稳稍稳，市场预期本港经济有力復甦，惟甲厦市场需求仍然疲弱，料下半年甲厦租金仍然受压，但跌幅将放缓，料租金有机会再跌最多约5%。
至于铺位市场方面，该行另一代理指出，铺位租务市场于上半年录明显改善，料铺位租金已「见底」，料下半年租金上升约5%至6%。
(星岛日报)
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商厦空置率高企，租金亦下跌，中环顶级甲厦国际金融中心全层单位，以每呎约150元租出，租金较高峰期跌20%，新租客为美资对冲基金Citadel。
市场人士指，上址为国际金融中心二期 59楼全层，为法国巴黎银行于年初弃租，面积约2.5万方呎，近日以每呎约150元租出，新租客Citadel为美国大型对冲基金，主要业务包括资产管理、证券等，该基金早年租用中环遮打大厦，2017年转租国际金融中心二期低层全层，呎租约170元。2019年该集团扩充业务，租用国际金融中心二期 42楼，现时再租用59楼后，集团合共承租国际金融中心二期 3层楼面。
代理指出，该单位位处高层，属于优质单位，于甲厦高峰期时呎租逾200元，现时较高峰期下跌20%。
对冲基金Citadel进驻
近期，美国基金管理公司Lexington Partners Asia Limited亦租用国际金融中心二期 2903至2909共七个单位，面积近9000方呎，呎租料约160元，月租约143万，租约期由今年9月1日至2024年8月31日，土地註册处资料显示，该租户承租单位后，上月中将上述部分单位退租，涉及共3个单位，据代理指出，上述3伙退租单位涉约4000方呎楼面，实际承租约5000方呎楼面。
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沙田石门巨铺作价2.3亿频录大手成交日清代理商连购两铺
市场连录大手成交，买家为食品供应商，继早前本港最大的蛋挞烘焙商「蛋挞王」，以及猪肉零售商建华集团购入工厦，日清食品代理商亦斥资2.3亿，承接沙田石门京瑞广场两个巨铺，作为收租用途。
沙田石门区早前录巨铺成交，买家揭盅，土地註册处资料显示，广大食品有限公司购入京瑞广场地下G5及G56铺，作价1.39亿，地下G03号铺作价9100万，广大董事为沉济福、沉济强、梁冠程及梁冠禧，四人是老牌食品进出口及零售批发商有成行办馆管理层或相关人士，当中沉济福为集团执行董事。
连约回报逾三厘
有成行办馆最为人所认识，为代理日清食品合味道、出前一丁杯面及红圈牌罐头，该集团早于1973年创立，业务涵盖家居用品、酒精饮品及食品出入口、零售批发等。
该集团今年5月，以2.17亿沽售粉岭有成行工厦，知情人士透露，集团坐拥多个工厦自用，部分作收租，今番沽售其中一个工厦转投地铺，看好石门区前景，认为该区由2016年发展至今，趋向成熟，惟目前区内以小商户居多，料未来续有大型连锁店进驻，带旺铺市。
平均呎价逾2.06万
据了解，G5及G56铺建筑面积约6743呎，现址食肆陈根记，月租37万，料回报3.19厘，还有，G03号建筑面积约3223方呎，现址西餐厅SuCasa月租22.6万，回报3厘，呎价分别为2.06万及2.82万。
代理表示，疫情下石门区受影响相对细，该处附近大型屋苑及公屋林立，民生消费力强，加上沙田邻近马鞍山食肆供不应求，不少居民到石门消费，过去两年，京瑞广场租金跑赢其他民生消费区。
近期市场连录食品商购物业，蛋挞王创办人庄任明相关人士，购入火炭丰盛工业中心14楼全层连车位，作价6500万 (建筑面积21620方呎)，呎价3006元。
猪肉零售商建华集团行政总裁凌伟业，购入大埔太平工业园A座6楼全层，面积13972方呎，作价4600万，呎价3292元。
另一代理表示，在漫长疫市下，市民改变消费模式，多留在家中煮食，食品商生意增加，部分趁势购物业自用，部分亦用作收租。
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湾仔道地盘3.8亿放售
市场气氛向好，部分投资者趁势放售手头物业，其中，由本地投资者持有的湾仔道地盘，现址为一幢服务式住宅，目前推出放售，意向价3.8亿，以地盘可建楼面约2.8万方呎计，每呎楼面地价约1.3万。
代理表示，由本地投资者持有的湾仔道238至240号地盘，以意向价3.8亿放售，地盘面积约1890方呎，属甲级类别；同时亦已获批重建为一幢22层高之银座商厦，以地积比率约15倍发展，可建楼面约28350方呎，每呎楼面地价13404元。
可建楼面约2.8万呎
该代理指，物业现时为一幢楼高9层服务式住宅，落成于1963年；地库及地下现租予髮型屋，一楼至七楼为服务式住宅，买家更可于新物业外墙及天台上加设多个大型户外广告牌，增加广告效益，截标日期为今年8月底。
是次出售物业位于湾仔道及摩利臣山道交界，人流畅旺；仅5分鐘步程直达大型购物中心 – 时代广场；地点优越，各项交通工具均可直达。
另外，该物业曾获财团出手收购，并于16年时申请强制拍卖，市场估值逾1.94亿，而当时该财团尚餘一间地铺尚未成功收购，故作出强拍申请，但其后顺利购入，并已统一业权。
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Mortgage numbers touch 10-year high
The number of mortgages for completed homes rose 25.3 percent last year to 44,931 and is expected to rise another 30 percent to 110,000 this year, which is a 10-year high, a mortgage brokerage service provider said.
The number of equitable mortgages dropped 21 percent from last year to 3,105. But the mortgage service provider predicted this year's figure would decrease as much as 10 percent to around 7,000.
It added that the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate is expected to maintain its current level, and actual mortgage rate was predicted to be around 1.5 percent in the coming two years.
Rent and capital values for mass and luxury residences will rise up to 5 percent in the next half-year, the latest mid-year market review and forecast report by a real estate agency show.
The agency said that the capital values for mass residential grew 3 percent in the first six months this year, while that of luxury residences also rose 3.9 percent.
It is expected that the prices of mass residences along the fully-opened Tuen Ma Line will hit new highs in the second half of this year.
Meanwhile, former Hong Kong Council of Social Service chief executive Christine Fang Meng-sang and her husband sold a 786-square-foot flat in Euston Court in Mid Levels for HK$17.38 million, or HK$22,212 per sq ft, in June.
The couple earned a capital gain of HK$6.78 million, a 64 percent increase from the previous valuation of HK$10.6 million in 2012.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong’s luxury home rents recover as mainland Chinese executives flush with IPO funds drive leasing deals
Rents for luxury homes in Hong Kong jumped 5 per cent in April and May, after falling as much as 13.5 per cent from a record high in August 2109
All districts on Hong Kong Island saw mild rental increments in the second quarter, with Mid-Levels posting the largest rise at 0.7 per cent
Luxury home rents are back on the rise, ending eight consecutive quarters of decline, as mainland Chinese executives, flush with funds from successful initial public offerings in Hong Kong, drive leasing transactions at the top end of the market, say property agents.
Rents for luxury homes jumped 5 per cent in April and May, after falling as much as 13.5 per cent from a record high in August 2109, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department.
“Hong Kong Island tenants traditionally come from finance related industries, which are benefiting from the flourishing IPO market,” a property consultant wrote in the consultancy’s latest report on residential leasing.
Hong Kong’s IPO market has been busy in the first five months of this year, with companies raising a record HK$184 billion from initial public offerings in Hong Kong, a 620 per cent jump over the same period in 2020, the agent said. Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s second-biggest short video-sharing app, launched this year’s biggest IPO, mopping up US$6.2 billion in January.
All districts on Hong Kong Island recorded mild rental increments in the second quarter, with Mid-Levels posting the largest rise at 0.7 per cent, followed by Pok Fu Lam and The Peak, Hong Kong’s most prestigious address, at 0.5 per cent, according to the agency.
“The luxury residential leasing sector has stabilised,” another said, which focuses on luxury residential sales and leasing in Hong Kong. “Most big-ticket leasing deals recently were done by mainland enterprises rather than multinational corporate tenants.”
Apart from executives of mainland Chinese firms that successfully launched IPOs in Hong Kong seeking quality accommodation, the agent said that he has noticed quite a few big budget renters were executives of privately run Chinese companies. These big renters were mostly interested in houses with areas ranging from 3,000 sq ft to 5,000 sq ft in the Southern district that includes Repulse Bay and on The Peak, with monthly rents ranging from HK$300,000 to HK$500,000 per month.
Another property agency said that recently it helped a client lease a 1,600 sq ft unit at University Heights in Kennedy Town for HK$98,000 per month, or HK$61.3 per square foot.
“More than half of our renters for homes costing between HK$100,000 and HK$200,000 per month are mainland businessmen or executives of listed mainland enterprises,” agent said. “Leasing demand will be boosted by more executives returning to Hong Kong when the border reopens.
“This deal reflect an obvious improvement in the luxury leasing market, as landlords were offering little room for negotiation compared to last year,” the agent said, adding that last year, most landlords were willing to cut rents by as much 20 per cent to 30 per cent when leases were due for renewal or to let their vacant units.
Rents for homes larger than 1,076 sq ft showed the biggest gain, rising a combined 3.3 per cent in April and May, after rents in this category dropped to a nine-year low in March, Rating and Valuation Department data showed. Rents for units smaller than 1,076 sq ft rebounded 2 per cent in the same period, after falling 12.8 per cent from the peak in August 2019.
Some recent deals indicate the direction of the leasing market. In mid-May, a 7,022 sq ft detached house on 73 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak, was leased for HK$1.6 million (US$206,000), or HK$228 per square foot, making it the most expensive in per square foot terms in Hong Kong this year.
It came a day after a 4,419 sq ft house at 38 Repulse Bay Road was rented out for HK$700,000 per month, or HK$158 per square foot, according to the property agency.
(South China Morning Post)