周三截标 区内大地主有望扩版图

市建局观塘市中心第4及5区发展项目，将于本周三 (11日) 截标，地皮属近年最大型商业项目之一，料邻近拥项目的发展商，如新地 (00016)、信置 (00083) 等，将踊跃竞投。

观塘市中心第4及5区商业用地，坐落于观塘道及协和街交界，邻近apm及凯汇等，占地约27.6万平方呎，总楼面高达约216.6万平方呎，可作商业发展，而市建局已因应市况为中标发展商提供设计弹性，在总楼面面积维持不变的前提下，灵活调配写字楼、酒店及商铺楼面，当中商铺等楼面不能少于约67.97万平方呎，日后亦可以选择弃建酒店。

可打造东九主题地标商场

地产代理预计，地皮规模相当庞大，可建约216.6万平方呎商业项目，将会成为区内地标，而当中约70万平方呎的商场，更有潜质打造成东九龙具吸引力的主题地标商场。此外，因为地皮规模庞大，总投资额将逾百亿元，投资风险高，故他预计，大型发展商入标为主。

该带最主要发展商要数新地，其于观塘道一带先后发展多期创纪之城系列商厦，如创纪之城5期商场apm等，亦有The Millennity的全新商业项目，因此代理估计，相信新地或其他在周边已经拥有其他商场的发展商，出价会较进取。而于区内已发展凯汇的信置，料亦会出价竞投。

但代理相信，日后项目的租务竞争颇为激烈，因为要面对apm的竞争，而且启德具规模的商场亦会在未来数年间落成，所以将来的设计及概念上要花心思。此外，东九龙目前有不少写字楼项目，部分亦将陆续落成，届时写字楼会面对供过于求的情况，故料在落成首数年，出租或有难度。

测量师调低估值至97.5亿

考虑到近月商业市场吹淡风，加上持续加息，代理已经调低地皮估值至约每平方呎4,500元，即总价约97.5亿元。代理亦相信在目前市况下，市建局会调低其底价。

市建局近年除旧区重建外，亦推动旧楼复修。市建局行政总监韦志成在网志指，做好楼宇复修延长楼宇寿命，才能减低重建压力，并给予时间，集中资源加快重建老旧残破的楼宇，同时为市区更新累积资源储备，令其可持续发展。

(经济日报)

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上半年大手買賣料放緩 代理：受加息影響

经历漫长3年疫市，市况起伏不定，地产代理对前景审慎乐观，受加息影响，上半年大手买卖料放缓，寄望下半年进入佳景，今年将是先苦后甜的一年。

过去3个月，市场变化迅速，早前悲观气氛弥漫，低价成交震撼市场，近日落实了通关后，市场情绪突然高涨，不少人转軚看好。

代理则保持审慎乐观，代理坦言，九龙湾高银金融国际中心（呎价6086元），新蒲岗九龙贝尔特酒店（每呎7017元），低价「震散」洽商中的大刁，买家纷向低价看齐，业主则仍企硬价格，最终令交易中止。

利息处20年来新高

「事实上，高银被接管，加上银码大，属于特殊个案，不能以此作标准。」代理续说，去年，基金买家吼全幢商厦外，更频吸纳酒店及工厦，相信今年表现不如往年，原因是利息处20年来新高，借贷息率动辄高逾5厘，物业回报不高，对于利用杠杆原理运作（借贷一般为60%）的基金来说，成本增加，窒碍入市步伐。反而，部分个人投资者、老牌家族手持现金，可趁势吸纳，在整合后提高物业回报，再向银行借贷，在高息环境下灵活应付，将会主导今年的市场。

个人投资者主导市场

代理看好商厦市场，过去两年来，商厦成交量急挫，拖累大手买卖大跌逾30%，随着商厦价格高位急挫逾30%，不论全幢或分层，今年将追落后，吸引投资者出手，加上今年新股上市势增加，带动商厦需求。

酒店去年表现出色，宗数及金额属历年高位，随着疫情放缓，经营压力大减，放售意欲减少，价格提高，今年买卖将减少。

商厦追落后料交投大增

代理预期，今年上半年，大手买卖放缓，过往炙手可热的酒店及工厦，交投大减，寄望下半年利息见顶回落，形势好转，相信大手买卖集中下半年。

(星岛日报)

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Henderson Land gets ‘good’ start in Hong Kong’s first weekend property sales as border reopening fuels optimism

Almost 40 per cent of 108 units in One Innovale were snapped up by buyers as of 5pm local time on Sunday, coinciding with Hong Kong-mainland border reopening

Henderson has generated more than HK$5.26 billion (US$673.7 million) sales since the 1,576-unit development was launched in August last year

Hong Kong’s first weekend property sales of the year got off to a relatively good start with buyers snapping up more than 40 per cent of the flats offered by Henderson Land, while local residents flock instead to the border after China officially scrapped quarantine requirements.

The developer sold 45 of 108 units on offer in the third phase of One Innovale development in Fanling, New Territories as of 6.30pm local time, according to sales agents. Momentum is expected to sustain before the doors are closed after 8pm, they added.

“Sales have been good in progress,” property agent said. “Confidence in the market is improving. China reopening is a good incentive for buyers to start acquiring properties.”

The units on sale average about HK$14,560 (US$1,865) per square foot after discounts. They range from open-plan units to three-bedroom units, measuring 231 to 683 square feet. The cheapest units were HK$3.43 million by price, and HK$13,608 on a per square foot basis, according to the developer.

Sunday’s property sale coincided with the official end of China’s zero-Covid policy, as pandemic curbs are dismantled. Three years of strict lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines have been blamed for halting the flow of big-spending mainland visitors and depriving the city’s economy of its lifeblood.

Hong Kong’s property market was one of the casualties, with developers and landlords relying on local buyers to push home sales, retail shops and office spaces.

Prices of lived-in homes in Hong Kong fell 3.3 per cent in November, the biggest drop since November 2008. The cumulative drop amounted to 14.8 per cent from the peak in September 2021. A property agency expects property transactions to fall to 65,000 in 2022, the slowest activity since 1996 based on government records.

“It would take some time before buyers become active again,” another agent said. “There are also ample unsold units in the market. The improvement would be more obvious in the second half of the year.”

Since One Innovale was launched in August last year, it has generated HK$5.3 billion in total sales for Henderson Land before this weekend. Some 188 of the 505 units in the current third phase have been sold since it started taking orders from October last year.

Beijing’s zero-Covid pivot will be a shot in the arm for the industry, property agents.

“Reopening the border and dropping restrictions is a game-changer,” another agent said. “We’ve already seen a bounce in sentiment and we were busier in December 2022 alone than in the entire second half of the year.”

Still, higher borrowing costs could temper the expected market recovery, according to another agent.

Lenders in Hong Kong have increased their prime rate three times in 2022, by a total of 62.5 basis points. HSBC, Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Hang Seng Bank are charging their best customers 5.625 per cent per annum, while Standard Chartered, Bank of East Asia and other lenders pegged theirs at 5.875 per cent.

(South China Morning Post)

Busy day for property deals in Fan Ling

One Innovale - Cabanna from Henderson Land Development (0012) in Fan Ling saw at least 46 deals struck yesterday with one flat fetching more than HK$20,000 per square foot - a high for the project - as the border with the mainland reopened.

The record was set for a 338-square-foot special unit with a 258-sq-ft garden. The two-bedroom flat was bought for HK$6.83 million, or HK$20,200 per sq ft, through a tender.

A total of 113 flats, including 108 on price lists and five via tenders, were up for sale yesterday, with Henderson raking in over HK$200 million from the deals.

The developer earlier released a fourth price list for 108 homes with sizes ranging from 231 to 683 sq ft. The cheapest flat - a 231-sq-ft studio - went for HK$3.43 million, or HK$14,848 per sq ft after discounts.

The project provides 565 homes between 158 and 1,054 sq ft.

In Yuen Long, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) will put 10 flats at Grand Yoho II on the market on Thursday.

The flats, which range from 524 to 634 sq ft, are priced from HK$8.84 million to HK$11.5 million, or from HK$16,882 to HK$18,988 per sq ft, after discounts.

In Kai Tak, Pano Harbour sold four flats yesterday with the developers China Resources Land (Overseas) and Poly Property (0119) collecting over HK$190 million. Three of the units were purchased by the same group of buyers for over HK$100 million in total. Prices for the three 950-sq-ft homes range from HK$32 million to HK$36.2 million, or HK$33,687 to HK$38,084 per sq ft.

But momentum in the secondary market was not sustained over the weekend.

The number of transactions in a property agency's top 10 estates nearly halved to 14 compared to the previous weekend.

An anget said that many owners narrowed the room for price negotiations or raised asking prices as the number of transactions looked like rebounding on the border reopening.

Buyers, however, were reluctant to increase their bidding prices, leading to some seesaw battles.

Another agency also saw a 38 percent decline in transaction numbers at the 10 largest estates over the weekend to 18 deals. The agent expects a seasonal boom to occur as economic activities in the SAR return to normal gradually and full-year property prices go up by 10-15 percent.

(The Standard)