疫症损营商气氛 甲厦低价租务涌现

疫情持续，甲厦租务甚为淡静，散业权甲厦业主减价放租，多幢大厦即录低价成交，租金料持续向下。

港岛区散业权甲厦，以中环皇后大道中9号、金鐘力宝中心、上环信德中心及湾仔会展广场办公大楼等，较具指标参考价值，而近期多幢指标商厦买卖淡静，租务活动相对较多，而租金明显下跌。

中环指标甲厦皇后大道中9号近日录租务成交，物业06室，面积2,269平方呎，以月租13.05万元获承接，呎租57.5元。据悉，该单位2015年曾以呎租58元租出，换言之租金重回5年前水平。翻查资料，该厦单位为高层06室，面积2,930平方呎，以每月30万元租出，呎租逾100元。

湾仔会展广场办公大楼 呎租46元3年低

中环美国银行中心高层05室，面积约2,637平方呎，以每月约11万元租出，呎租约42元。单位原本呎租约63元，租客去年9月迁出后交吉，最终以每呎42元租出，与对上租约比较，租金跌33%。若按成交呎租计算，为该厦近10年新低。另同厦高层07至08室，面积约3,857平方呎，以每月约18.1万元租出，呎租约47元。业主原叫价每呎近80元，如今减价约4成租出。

另湾仔会展广场办公大楼高层全层，面积9,392方平呎，以43.2万元获承租，呎租仅46元，呎租为3年新低。

力宝中心极高层 每呎44元租出

金鐘方面，指标商厦力宝中心2座极高层05至08室，面积约3,224平方呎，成交呎租约44元，属3年低位。该厦2座合共提供不少细单位，故买卖及租务亦是金鐘指标。同区另一较具指标为海富中心，租金亦向下，物业中层1室，面积约6,135平方呎，以每月约24.5万元租出，呎租约40元，单位享海景。呎租为该厦4年新低。

分析指，疫情蔓延至全球，环球营商环境甚差，商厦租务需求降低，而核心区商厦空置率上升，散业权业主降租吸客，租金明显下跌。由于环球疫情未受控，租务市场难望有明显改变，预计第二季租金仍会调整。

(经济日报)

甲厦租金按季跌5.2%金融海啸以来最差

近期商厦租金跌势急，根据一间代理行指出，整体甲厦租金连跌三季，最新按季跌5.2%，为09年金融危机以来表现最差，预计第二季进一步放缓，中资公司及共享办公室需求减。

该代理行指出，整体租金于今年第一季度按季跌5.2%，属2009年第二季以来最差的季度表现，跌幅更高于上两个季度的总和，其中，湾仔、铜锣湾及中环3个地区跌幅最大，幅度6.2%，其次九龙西跌幅5.1%，及尖沙嘴跌幅4.7%。

共享办公室需求减

代理表示，疫情在全球蔓延，旅行限制以及股市下跌，削弱写字楼租赁需求，导致第一季度租金大跌。

基于中环与所有商业区间存在80%租金差距，企业普遍迁往非核心地区，以削减成本，因此迁离中环的趋势仍在继续。九龙核心地区公司亦迁往非核心地区，并缩小规模。

然而，电子商务及网上购物行业有望扩张，受去年中开始的示威动盪及近期疫情影响，消费者依赖网上购物及外卖服务，这些业务有更多写字楼租赁需求，包括购物、补习社及社交媒体服务企业。

料年内租金跌约20%

今年第一季度，本港写字楼空置率由去年12月的4.65%，涉及实用面积274万方呎，急升至今年3月的5.22%，涉及实用面积308万方呎。港岛东为1.6%，仍是空置率最低地区，中环及湾仔空置率由3.8%升至4.6%，铜锣湾由4.6%升至5.3%。

由于股市跌，公司推迟上市计画，零售和酒店业受到重创，该代理行预计甲厦整体租金年内跌约20%。

(星岛日报)

Home prices slashed as sales plunge 26pc

Residential contract sales in March plunged 26 percent year-on-year, Land Registry data showed yesterday.

The number of residential contract sales however was up 8.3 percent from the previous month to 3,870.

The total value of contract sales fell 30 percent year-on year to HK$31.8 billion in March but rose 4.4 percent month-on-month.

More price cuts were seen for flats, including at upscale residential estate The Belcher's in Pok Fu Lam where a 776-square-foot unit sold for HK$19.5 million or 25,129 per sq ft, after HK$4.3 million was knocked off the asking price.

In Ap Lei Chau, a 1,161-sq-ft flat at Larvotto sold for 11 percent or HK$2.7 million lower than the asking price with the buyer purchasing the flat for HK$21.8 million or HK$18,777 per sq ft. Also in Ap Lei Chau, an 888-sq-ft apartment at South Horizons changed hands for HK$16.43 million, or HK$18,502 per sq ft, after HK$3.07 million was cut from the initial asking price.

And in North Point, the owner of a 506-sq-ft flat at Diva slashed HK$480,000 off the asking price to sell the unit at HK$10.5 million, or HK$20,751 per sq ft. The owner had bought the flat for HK$10.48 million in 2014.

Meanwhile, real estate agency reported that the number of industrial and commercial deals hit a record low in the first quarter as it adjusted downward its 2020 forecast for prices and rents of industrial and commercial buildings, as well as shops.

The number of deals was 619, down by 38.8 percent year-on-year. Transaction volumes fell 66.9 percent against 2019 to HK$10.6 billion.

Shops in core zones like Causeway Bay and Mong Kok are expected to cuts of as much as 50 percent in both price and rent, it said. The price and rent of industrial buildings will drop 10 to 15 percent while commercial buildings will see a decrease of 15 to 20 percent. Prices for shops in residential areas or operating livelihood-related businesses will fall 20 percent.

Elsewhere, the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate, which is linked to the mortgage rate, dropped for a third consecutive day to 1.84839 percent, the lowest since March 20.

(The Standard)