高银金融旗下作为抵押贷款的九龙湾高银金融国际中心，全幢以意向价120亿放售，据项目接管人指出，递交意向书截止日期延长7日。
赐誉及高银金融国际中心接管人表示，由于最近数天有更多本地及外海买家对高银金融国际中心表示兴趣，很可能因10月29日法院的裁决给予了买家信心，接管人决定将意向书截止递交日期延长7日至本月18日。
代理表示，该厦位于啟祥道17号，楼高28层，佔地约7.1万方呎，总楼面约85.2万方呎，现时出租率约76%，意向价逾120亿，呎价约1.4万。
至本月18日截收
资料显示，高银于2011年合组财团以约34亿，投得项目用地，楼面呎价约4026元，于2016年竣工，作为自用及出租。
据悉。高银金融早前由德银牵头的财团催促高银偿还贷款，涉及本金102亿，并提出接管高银金融国际中心等资产，高银则就接管提出抗辩。高银指，早前已为欠款出售啟德用地，并正寻求87亿新融资，同时入稟高院就声称接管其资产的举措展开抗辩。
(星岛日报)
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史上首次强拍流拍 业主宝声：底价太高
宝声集团持有逾8成业权的九龙城狮子石道旧楼，原定在昨日举行公开强制拍卖，拍卖底价2.23亿元，不过最终发展商未有出席参与竞投，结果出现无人竞投，属于强拍条例生效以来首次流拍收回。
今次涉及的狮子石道73至75号旧楼，属于1幢5层高商住旧楼，楼龄54年，宝声目前已经收购全部住宅单位，只餘两个地铺，在今年9月土地审裁处就批出强拍令，决定底价为2.23亿元，并安排在昨日举行公开拍卖。
九龙城旧楼底价2.23亿
不过据了解，拍卖会上未有任何人出席竞投，甚至属于大业主的宝声集团亦未有出席，最终项目「流拍」收场，属于有史以来首次。负责举行拍卖会的代理确认，拍卖会无人承价。
记者向宝声董事长陈燿璋查询，他回覆指，原因是认为法庭批出的底价太高、不合理，认为实际应该是1.7亿至1.8亿元才比较合适；之前曾经入稟誓章要求法庭降低底价，但仍未获接获，因为会再上诉，故昨日放弃参与拍卖。
「香港经过去年的示威、今年疫情，经济是开埠以来、六七暴动以来最差，法庭对于铺位的估值实在不合理，而且法庭亦严重低估发展商建筑成本，导致判出的底价太高」。
负责举行有关拍卖的代理就指，会视乎大业主、申请人想法，可以在强拍令限期前申请再次举行拍卖会，但预期底价不会改变，若果要涉及更改价钱就需要向法庭申请延期。
不过，亦有曾参与强拍的律师指出，法例要求在强拍令批出后3个月内完成拍卖程序，但现时不是无举行拍卖，而是无人承接，到底算不算已经完成拍卖程序？今次个案属于历来首次，到底会如何相当为市场关注。
(经济日报)
New World posts a third sell-out weekend in Tai Wai as buyers rush to park their money in flats amid era of low interest rates
New World Development said it sold all 337 flats at Phase II of The Pavilia Farm project in Tai Wai in the New Territories, for a haul of HK$3.4 billion (US$438 million) within nine hours
Across town at Kau To Shan, CK Asset Holdings saw a cooling in buyers’ enthusiasm, selling only 10 flats and four houses a day earlier at the upmarket El Futuro project, out of 42 flats and 12 houses offered
Hong Kong’s homebuyers packed a real estate developer’s showroom over the weekend to snap up hundreds of new flats, as assurances of low interest rates by monetary authorities drove them to seek sanctuary in fixed assets.
New World Development said it sold all 337 flats at Phase II of The Pavilia Farm project in Tai Wai in the New Territories, for a haul of HK$3.4 billion (US$438 million) within nine hours.
The weekend’s haul puts New World on track to generate HK$10 billion in receipts from The Pavilia Farm, after three successful rounds of sales since its launch four weeks ago, a record for the developer in a down-market year weighed down by a global coronavirus pandemic and the city’s worst recession in history.
“The Pavilia Farm is a mass market project that attracted a lot of registrations of intent,” agent said. “Many buyers were turned away” by the limited offers in each launch, the agent said.
New World raised today’s average price by 5 per cent to HK$19,800, compared with the first batch. With sizes from 264 square feet to 753 sq ft, flats started from HK$5.73 million for the smallest units. Still, that did not deter buyers, who snapped up a third of the offerings within the first two hours, with a customer forking out HK$29 million for two three-bedroom units, according to the developer’s sales and marketing director Akan Wong.
Across town at Kau To Shan, CK Asset Holdings saw a cooling in buyers’ enthusiasm, selling only 10 flats and four houses a day earlier at the upmarket El Futuro project, out of 42 flats and 12 houses offered. El Futuro, scheduled for completion in March 2023, was priced between HK$7.62 million and HK$27.64 million, or HK$15,599 to HK$22,537 per square foot during its first round of sales on October 27.
CK Asset’s luxury project will not sell as quickly as mass-market homes, the agent said, adding that New World’s Tai Wai flats will perform well because there are still many buyers who are able to afford the project’s price bracket.
New World’s strong performance reflects the need for a reliable store of value in an environment of low interest rates, especially when the price point is considered reasonable.
First-home buyers, with financial support from their families, or employees in high-paying jobs, can still afford the flats, especially after the relaxation of mortgage restrictions in October last year, a researcher said.
Still, the impact of rising unemployment rate is “not fully reflected” in Hong Kong’s housing market as those who are laid off, such as those in the service industry, are not the main buyers of the market, the researcher said.
Risk could be high for the housing market if more lay-offs take place in other segments of the economy, and if city residents begin to emigrate en masse, causing the sales of projects to slow and putting pressure on prices, the researcher said.
“Hong Kong’s unemployment rate is even higher than the UK” at 4.5 per cent, the researcher said.
Looking ahead, the primary sales market is expected to remain active with several new projects scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter, agent said. “Developers may provide more incentives and discounts to speed up sales before the year end.”
With more units available for sale and protracted negative market factors like the economic recession and mounting market uncertainty, the consultancy expects housing prices to drop by 3 to 5 per cent in the rest of 2020.
(South China Morning Post)
