近期市场渐走向通关復常之路，气氛稍好转，中环环球大厦录1宗大手承租，该厦低层全层，面积约16693方呎，以每呎约43.5元租出，涉资逾72万，属该厦疫市以来最大宗租赁，不过呎租仍较旧租跌51%，重返8年前水平。

上址为环球大厦5楼全层，面积约16693方呎，前租客为美林证券，早于2019年8月迁出，业主意向呎租88元，物业交吉多时，直至近年多翻减租，最新以每呎约43.5元租出，为过去8年以来，该厦最低呎租，重返8年前水平，每月租金约72.6万，美林证券旧租每呎约88元，新租金跌51%。

每月租金逾72万

近年来，核心区甲厦全层大楼面单位需求较小，部分业主倾向拆细单位招租，往往将2万呎的全层单位，拆细至每个5000至6000方呎，甚至更细。不过，由恒基持有的上述全层，并没有追随潮流拆细，亦因此，直至近期市场气氛稍好转才租出。

全层面积近1.67万呎

业内人士表示，近年来商厦市况低迷，空置率更屡创新高，近期租赁市场稍有起色。有代理表示，过往「去中环化」，由于中环商厦租金高，现时随着中环商厦租金大跌，出现「再中环化」情况，企业再度迁入中环。

今年以来，环球大厦暂录6宗租赁，由「小巴大王」马亚木持有的环球大厦2306室，面积约1162方呎，以每呎51.7元租出，月租约6万，该单位望正海景，租金稍高于市价，其中，马亚木持有该全层约80%楼面，除了1号单位租予信贷公司，其他单位将之拆细，全新装修，面积约1000至2000方呎，是疫市下受捧尺码。

今年暂录8宗租赁

另一代理表示，现时核心区商厦虽然仍有不少空置，景观佳、有装修优质单位仍然「去到货」，市场上需求较殷切的是1000至2000方呎的单位。

有代理行发表的商厦报告指，由于疫情下衍生的灵活工作模式及扩充步伐减慢，拖累核心区写字楼租金严重下挫，今年11月，中环区租金按月挫8.9%，最新平均呎租为49.1元，属12年的低位。

(星岛日报)

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投资者卢华1557万沽星光行

资深投资者卢华拆售星光行12楼单位，首录一个单位成交，面积约1298方呎，作价约1557.6万，持货逾1年平手离场。

平均每呎1.2万

资深投资者卢华去年3月向日本玩具商TOMY，以1.412亿购入的尖沙嘴星光行12楼一篮子物业，早前拆售，意向价总值约1.45亿。最新首录1宗成交，星光行1216A室，面积约1298方呎，以每呎约1.2万易手，涉资约1557.6万，持货逾1年平手离场。

卢华拆售星光行12楼07室至16A室，早前率先推出的是07室至08室、09室、16室及16A室，面积878方呎至1756方呎，意向呎价1.25万起，总楼面约9624方呎，意向价约1.45亿，并因应个别新买家财务需要，业主考虑提供8年、70%借款优惠，利息以「大P」计算，首批放售4个单位，3个已交吉。

持货1年平手离场

资料显示，资深投资者卢华去年3月以1.412亿，向日本玩具商TOMY购入星光行12楼一篮子物业。TOMY是日本知名玩具生产商，其中产品包括一系列的Tomica玩具车，备受不同年龄玩家甚至收藏家追捧，上述商厦则是该公司在80年代购入，3分2自用，其餘作收租。

(星岛日报)

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佐敦吴松街巨铺1.6亿售 护老院铁约回报逾5厘

「铺王」邓成波家族沽售佐敦吴松街巨铺，作价1.6亿，持货4年录蚀让33%离场，物业拥有护老院铁约，新买家料回报约5.2厘。

上址为吴松街42至52号大观楼基座巨铺，市场消息透露，以1.6亿易手，该物业包括地下PORTION B号铺，1至3楼及4楼1至4号室，地下792方呎，1至3楼5700方呎4楼4700方呎，总面积约20893方呎，平均呎价7658元，现址护老院及部分住宅单位，月收约70万，新买家料回报约5.2厘。邓成波家族于2018年6月以约2.4亿购入物业，持货逾4年，帐面蚀让约8000万，幅度约33%。

邓成波家族沽货

今年以来，该家族继续沽货，包括以约32亿沽观塘悦品海景酒店及旺角旭逸酒店，买家为共居空间品牌WEAVE LIVING。近期该家族沽售葵涌金威工业大厦2期地下E及F地厂，面积共9952方呎，作价2191.06万。

持货4年蚀让33%

近期，邓成波家族及佳源国际控股持有菁雋基座商场，以意向价3.88亿放售，较去年9月减价逾15%。该商场去年9月意向价4.6亿，最新减价放售，该商场由地下至2楼，相连地铺3个 (铺面总长度逾24米)，47个私家车车位及5个货物起卸位，商场建筑面积共约35562方呎，3个地铺建筑面积共约2904方呎，总建筑面积逾38466方呎，每层楼高逾4.5米。

(星岛日报)

外资基金逾20亿 洽购新世界贝尔特酒店

中港有望通关，酒店物业再次成为市场关注点。消息指，新世界发展 (00017) 旗下新蒲岗九龙贝尔特酒店，获外资基金以逾20亿元洽购，每间客房作价290万元，料短期内易手，将成疫后最大额的酒店成交。

九龙贝尔特酒店位于六合街19号，佔地2.38万平方呎，于2013年开幕，总楼面面积逾28.5万平方呎，设约690间客房，以逾20亿元洽购价计算，平均每间客房作价约290万元。早于今年中曾经传出新世界将一系列物业放售，当中便包括九龙贝尔特酒店。在今年初第五波疫情爆发期间，新世界曾借出酒店予政府作社区隔离设施。

每间客房值290万 料短期易手

今年陆续有美资基金收购本港酒店，包括经营共居空间的WEAVE LIVING先后与美资基金安祖高顿 (Angelo Gordon)、美国基金PGIM合作收购西华丽都会酒店及九龙珀丽酒店。

除了九龙贝尔特酒店外，新世界早前亦以近31亿元，沽出长沙湾永康街商厦项目51%权益，予新加坡基金Ares SSG Capital Management；而旗下愉景新城商场，亦有传获中资华润集团以60亿元洽购。

随着内地放宽严格的防疫要求，并预计将于下月初有望中港通关，特首李家超昨日亦指，希望在1月中之前与内地有共识后，将方案提交中央审批，目标是1月15日前落实。在通关消息带动下，预计将刺激酒店客房需求，令酒店市场受注目。

(经济日报)

Hong Kong’s 13-year housing market rally is all but over as November home prices plunge by most since financial crisis

The lived-in home price index sank 3.3 per cent in November, the biggest drop since November 2008

Barring a miraculous recovery in December, a 13-year annual rally in the city’s house prices is at an end

Hong Kong’s home prices dropped by the most in 14 years in November and look likely to fall again this month in what would be the longest series of monthly declines since the 2003 Sars epidemic.

Barring a miraculous recovery in December, a 13-year annual rally in the city’s house prices is over.

The lived-in home price index sank 3.3 per cent from the previous month to 339.4 in November, according to data released by the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday. That is the biggest drop since a slump of 8.2 per cent in November 2008 in the midst of the global financial crisis, and takes the gauge to its lowest level since August 2017.

“The next home price index for December will see a decline of about 2.5 per cent,” property agent said. “Annually, the home price is expected to fall by 16 per cent, ending the 13 consecutive years of the rally from 2009 to 2021.”

If the index does drop again in December, it will have fallen for seven consecutive months in 2022, making it the longest decline since Hong Kong was hit by severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) in 2003.

In the first 11 months of this year, home prices have fallen by 13.8 per cent. From a peak of 398.1 in September last year, the home price index is down by 14.75 per cent.

In November, “the housing market was at its worst moment,” another agent said.

A sharp rise in borrowing costs has put a dent in demand for houses this year.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority in mid-December raised the city’s base rate by 50 basis points to 4.75 per cent, close to the 5 per cent record last seen in January 2008.

“Due to the rapid deterioration of the local and global economic outlook, the overall market sentiment is weak. The official index will continue to fall in December,” another agent said.

Although the United States has begun to slow down the pace of interest rate hikes, overall borrowing costs in Hong Kong will still rise, which will affect first-time homebuyers and new mortgage applicants, the agent said.

First-hand and second-hand transaction volumes will hover around 3,000 to 4,000 per month in the next quarter, Wong added. For comparison, in April 2021 when the market was in better shape, lived-in home sales alone came to 6,510.

The city’s property agencies are slashing headcount amid the slump in sales.

“Real estate agents are facing unprecedented challenges,” another agent said. The most intense “war of elimination” in the history of the industry has broken out, and the unemployment rate among agents has soared, the agent added.

“With the plunge in Hong Kong’s property turnover, there was an unprecedented heavy loss,” the agent said. “We had to immediately take the same actions as our peers, such as reducing the number of shops and letting front-line employees leave.”

The wave of unemployment in the agency industry will reach its peak in January next year, and may even drag down other real estate-related industries, the agent added.