近期为商厦租赁旺季，部分丢空多时的单位陆续承租，金鐘力宝中心一个近3500呎的单位，于丢空逾3年后，以每呎38元租出，较旧租金跌28%，属市价水平。

丢空逾3年始租出

由于业主于2017年高位接货，现时回报仅1.4厘。力宝中心一座中层8至9室，面积3490方呎，市场消息透露，该单位由2019年7月交吉至今，为时约3年半，刚以每呎38元租出，月租13.26万。

该单位属优质单位，望美国银行中心以至政府总部海景，而且对正电梯，不过，由于面积较大，觅租客未如细单位容易，新租金属市价水平。

据了解，旧租客为银行，月租18.5万，每呎53元，租约期至2021年，惟提早于2019年撤出，期间经历政治活动引发动乱，以及疫情持续，单位丢空多时才租出，新租金跌28%。

优质单位对正电梯

由于业主高峰时接货，回报偏低，最新回报仅约1.4厘，该名业主于2017年8月以约1.134亿购入单位，以当时银行月租18.5万计算，回报2厘。再对上业主于2013年2月以6900万购入，持货4年，帐面获利4440万。

(星岛日报)

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中环中心呎租32元13载低 业主接手逾一年始获承接 回报1.3厘

受环球经济气氛影响，营商环境未復甦，写字楼空置率仍高企，拖累租金续跌。资深投资者「磁带大王」陈秉志在3年半前拆售的中环皇后大道中99号中环中心39楼全层，直至去年推出回赠优惠后方沽清，部分购入单位的散业主，逾一年后才成功租出持有的物业，当中有单位成交呎租低见32元，创中环中心接近13年呎租新低，而租金回报亦只有1.3厘。

属「磁带大王」拆售单位

中环中心39楼全层由陈秉志于2019年4月底分间成12个建筑面积1841至3140方呎单位出售，首阶段仅沽出两伙，其后透过直接减价以及再向每个单位买家划一回赠1000万元「装修费」后，终于在去年6月售出全部单位。但因写字楼租赁需求疲弱，大把分单位售出后仍未租出，直到近期因中港通关现曙光，市场需求增加，陆续有单位成功租出。

市场消息指出，中环中心39楼1室，建筑面积2726方呎，望上环一带大厦景观，以每月8.72万元租出，呎租约32元。翻查资料，中环中心对上一次录呎租32元成交，已经要追溯2010年1月，即最新成交呎租创该厦近13年新低。该单位业主去年6月以8921.4万元购入，当时入市可获1000万元「装修费」现金回赠，故「折实价」为7921.4万元，回报得以轻微调升至1.3厘。

另一去年4月成交的3室，建筑面积1843方呎，以每月7万元获承租，呎租约38元。单位购入作价为6229.34万元，因未有现金回赠，就算成交呎租较1室高18.8%，但租金回报同样只得约1.3厘。

但同层较优质单位的呎租和回报率都较优胜，面向四季酒店的7室，建筑面积2102方呎，可享海景，成交月租8.4万元，呎租约40元。业主去年6月购入，扣除1000万元现金回赠后，折实以6634万元买入，以最新月租计算，租金回报为1.5厘。

长实 (01113) 在2017年底以天价402亿元售出中环中心75%权益，包括47层写字楼、商业楼面及402个车位，涉及总楼面约122.27万方呎，平均呎价约32877元。

财团入主后，中环中心至今已有12层全层易手，另有2层则分拆成多个单位出售。而由财团持有的单位，因楼层较高，故近期成交呎租由55至70元，明显较拆售散业主的租金为高。

新供应登场 整体租金看跌

写字楼空置率高企，加上不少新商厦落成，租赁市场选择增多，甲级写字楼租金持续受压。据一间外资代理行统计数字，整体写字楼租金由年初至今累跌7%。核心区中环租金年内录6.3%跌幅。该行相信，明年香港与世界各地通关后，将为写字楼租赁市场带来正面支持。惟明年有约189万方呎新甲级写字楼楼面落成，包括两座位于中环核心区的大型新商厦，故整体租金仍会下调2%至4%。

(信报)

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万迪广场首年租金减50% 两个月租出逾4万呎楼面

疫市下甲厦市况陷低潮，新蒲岗万廸广场近期推租赁优惠，首年租金变相减50%，平均呎租约14元，短短2个月内，共租出逾4万呎楼面。

万廸广场近期连录承租，租客包括补习社及慈善机构等，有代理表示，亿京推租赁优惠，租期3年，首年租金减50%，第2年减20%，第3年正价租金，以该厦呎租约27至28元为例，首年平均呎租仅14元，旋即于2个月内，租出逾4万呎楼面。若以三年平均计算，呎租约20餘元。

为期3年约 平均每呎20元

该代理表示，万廸广场属区内地标，随着新蒲岗变天，多个新项目落成，人流畅旺，邻近港铁钻石山站成为转车站，区内更受惠，由该厦步行至钻石山站，需时约5分鐘。

近期在市场憧憬通关在即之际，亿京亦为旗下合共5个工厦及商厦，提供88%优惠，变相减价12%促销餘货。

该5个项目包括万廸广场，号称「观塘三宝」的中海日升中心、寧晋中心及万泰利广场，入伙多年，亿京以88折推售，兼赠送釐印费 (最多相等于楼价的4.25%)。

亿京餘货减价12%促销

以万迪广场为例，8楼一个面积2323方呎的单位，88折优惠后，由2997万减至2625万，减372万，呎价由1.29万减至1.13万，买家同时免付釐印费约66万，折扣后平过同区工厦新盘呎价1.2至1.3万。

荃湾沙咀道1号商厦亦88折，加入减价行列，不过，观塘道368号新落成的甲厦，未见减价，只为买家提供釐印费。

(星岛日报)

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尖沙嘴巨铺呎租55元减8% 面积逾万呎 大型酒楼续租

尖沙嘴缅甸臺一个万呎巨铺，早年曾是夜总会，更是电影场景，张国荣梅艷芳在此拍过戏，随后竟沦为废墟，九年前获稻香集团进驻，成功「开荒」，最新在疫市下续租，每月55万，平均每呎55元，租金微减8%。

上址为缅甸臺3及5号恒星楼地下，实用面积逾1万呎，为区内罕有的巨型地铺，2013年前，当该物业丢空荒废10多年，获稻香酒楼以56万租下，分别于3年前及1年前续租，月租61.5万及60万，最新以55万续租，低于2013年水平，平均呎租55元，较三年前旧租金60万，微减8%。

每月租金55万

虽说位处核心区尖沙嘴，缅甸臺是一条人流稀疏的街道，恒星楼位处缅甸臺倔头路，对面为巨型垃圾站及讯号山公园，基于铺位位置偏僻而且隐蔽，当年被夜总会看中。

该巨铺早年由东方皇宫夜总会进驻 (后期改名为新东方皇宫夜总会)，夜半时最璀璨，上世纪80年代，电影亦在此取景，《缘份》里的张国荣，为了摆脱梅艷芳的纠缠，攀越夜总会后门的铁丝网，镜头更捕捉了「新东方皇宫夜总会」的招牌。

83年1800万购入

随着夜总会式微，新东方皇宫夜总会大于2000年间撤出，之后，该巨铺一直空置，日久失修，屋顶漏水，内里漆黑一片，市场人士表示，业主早于1983年2月以1800万购入铺位，由于早年低价购入，一直不着紧租赁，曾经多番拒绝出租，直至2013年，才首肯租予稻香，由于铺位残旧不堪，稻香投入大笔装修费。

近期，市场上纷录大型食肆承租，湾仔骆克道351至355号3楼及4楼全层，面积分别为约8658方呎及约3461方呎，合共12119方呎，获迭喜居承租，月租30万，平均呎租24元，旧租客富声酒家，月租32万，新租金微减6.25%。

业内人士表示，疫市下，大型食肆仍然一鸡死一鸡鸣，儘管新租金仅录微跌，不过，由于铺位拥有齐备的生财工具，令新租客节省装修及添置工具的时间，故乐于承租。

有外资代理行指出，自从2020年以来，过去3年间，香港仍然吸引60家海外食肆来港发展，事实上，疫情以来，持牌餐厅数目增加速度比2017至2019年疫情前的三年期间略快。

(星岛日报)

Home deals fade with buyers holding off

Ten major housing estates in Hong Kong saw only six deals over the weekend, down 40 percent over the previous week, though the number of buyers inspecting homes rose to a seven-week high.

A property agency said transactions in the 10 estates also retreated to a new six-week low. Mei Foo Sun Chuen topped with two deals but five estates reported no transactions.

The agency said homebuyers were more cautious with the US Federal Reserve continuing to raise interest rates and local home prices falling.

The property agent expects transactions will remain low until the end of the year.

The 10 estates saw 445 home visit appointments over the past weekend amid hopes over China's reopening, which was 2.3 percent more than the previous week and a seven-week high.

Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai led with 70 appointments, while Laguna City in Lam Tin saw the number of appointments jump by 25 percent to 50 bookings.

However, more price cuts were seen in the secondary market, as the homeowners offered cuts ranging between 15 and 20 percent.

South Horizons saw a two-bedroom unit sell for HK$7.08 million, or HK$13,642 per sq ft, after the owner reduced the asking price by HK$1.42 million and thus bore a loss of HK$670,000, according to the agency.

Elsewhere, a four-bedroom home at Ocean Pride in Tsuen Wan brought a loss of HK$2.67 million to the owner who agreed to slash the asking price by HK$3.8 million to HK$22 million.

(The Standard)

Ballooning Hong Kong supply of new homes in 2023 will have developers slashing prices, buyers saving 10 per cent or more

The potential supply of new homes in 2023 will be as high as 28,000 units, equivalent to twice that of Taikoo Shing, a property agency says

In areas with serious backlogs, buyers will see developers slash prices by 10 per cent or more amid historically high interest rates, agents say

The supply of new homes on the market in Hong Kong next year could more than double compared with this year, driving developers to slash prices by 10 per cent or more in hopes of attracting buyers amid historically high interest rates, according to property agents.

The potential supply of new homes in 2023, according to a property agency, will be as high as 28,000 units – equivalent to at least twice that of Taikoo Shing, a sprawling Hong Kong Island development that has 61 residential buildings.

The swollen 2023 inventory will include 11,000 incomplete units already approved for sale but not yet launched, plus 17,000 units already on sale. For comparison, new launches totalled 12,030 in 2022 and 17,000 in 2021, according to the agency.

“Rising inventory weighs on primary-home prices,” an agent said. “There is more and more leftover stock on the market. As a result, I foresee developers will have to do something very soon. They cannot hang on in a situation like this forever, as financial costs keep on rising.”

Some areas are particularly flooded with inventory. For example, in Kai Tak, at least four developments with a total supply of 5,687 homes were approved for sale in 2022 but have not launched yet, according to data from the agency.

“In areas with a serious backlog of supply, they need to sell at a 10 per cent discount to the market price, and even offer more discounts, to attract buyers and stimulate sales,” another agent said.

These predictions come amid slumping new-home transactions, drooping prices for lived-in homes, and buying power that has been degraded by the highest bank lending rates in 15 years following five successive increases in interest rates, even though the latest hike this week was of a lower magnitude than the previous bumps.

“Factors such as a rise in interest rates and an uncertain global and local economic outlook will bring short-term fluctuations to the local residential market,” Tim Blackburn, chief executive of Swire Properties, told the Post.

Some developers started to reduce prices by 4 to 5 per cent during the fourth quarter of this year, the agent said.

For example, Swire Properties’ Eight Star Street in Wan Chai offered a special 3 per cent discount for buyers who sign a preliminary agreement for one of four remaining unsold flats between November 26 and January 31.

Henderson Land Development is offering an extra 1 per cent “winter discount” at The Quinn Square Mile in Tai Kok Tsui, as well as a cash rebate of up to 3 per cent as a “furniture allowance” for certain flats.

However, a few per cent will not be enough to trigger strong overall sales, the agent said. “By the end of the first quarter of 2023, you will start to see developers reducing the price to an extent that will kick off the market. It might be more than 10 per cent.”

Developers will go all out to launch developments after the holiday season, said Ricky Wong, ­managing director of Wheelock Properties, noting that Wheelock will launch its first new development of 2023 after Lunar New Year.

This year’s 12,030 new units in 27 new projects represents a 30 per cent reduction in new supply compared with 2021’s 17,000 units in about 40 new developments, according to the agency.

No new developments on Hong Kong Island listed selling prices in 2022, an “unprecedented” event, according to the agency. Ten new developments were launched with price lists on the island in 2021.

In 27 new developments that launched citywide during 2022, developers managed to sell only 57 per cent of the new homes (6,817 units) as of December 12, according to the agency. Moreover, five specific urban projects sold only between 1 and 7 per cent of their inventory.

Poly Property and L’Avenue International sold just 10 out of 127 units at Chill Residence in Yau Tong on the first day of sales on December 4. The average selling price of HK$17,939 per square foot made it the cheapest project in Kowloon in the past two years, according to UOB Kay Hian.

“There are more than 20,000 leftover completed homes and incomplete units,” another agent said. “Developers will still focus on selling leftover stock in the short term.”

Another property agency described 2022 as “the worst trough in history” for new-home sales and “worse than the financial tsunami in 2008, reflecting the impact of the double whammy of the pandemic and interest-rate hikes”.

Developers remain optimistic about the property market because of the overall reality of Hong Kong’s real estate situation.

“We believe the residential market in Hong Kong will in the long run remain stable, backed by strong local demand for housing and a limited supply,” said Swire’s Blackburn. “We believe quality residential developments at premium locations will continue to be sought in the market.”