受疫情等因素衝擊，甲廈市場備受壓力。有代理行指出，今年第二季甲廈空置率報9.5%，屬2004年以來17年新高，租金更連跌25個月，該行認為，現今甲廈需求仍然疲弱，料下半年租金有機會再跌約5%。
代理指出，受疫情等因素打擊，大部分企業紛減省寫字樓樓面以求存，受疫情稍回穩，今年次季企業裁員的較今年首季明顯放緩，惟現今市場需求仍然疲弱，甲廈市場於今年次季錄負吸納量 (承租樓面低於退租樓面) 8.1萬方呎，為連續第8季錄負吸納量。
空置率報9.5% 十七年來新高
至於空置率方面，該代理指，甲廈整體空置率於今年第二季報9.5%，屬2004年以來17年新高水平，若以各區劃分，中環空置約7.4%，屬穩定水平，九龍東空置率為各區中最高，幅度高見13.5%。
另外，整體甲廈租金於今年次季下跌2.9%，雖跌幅已放緩，惟屬連跌25個月，若以各區劃分，以尖沙嘴區「早傷」，該區租金按季下跌約5.6%，中環區則按季下跌2%，該行亦指出，中環區租金按年下跌約3.2%，並較2019年第2季的高峰期回落約31.1%。
該代理認為，疫情穩稍穩，市場預期本港經濟有力復甦，惟甲廈市場需求仍然疲弱，料下半年甲廈租金仍然受壓，但跌幅將放緩，料租金有機會再跌最多約5%。
至於鋪位市場方面，該行另一代理指出，鋪位租務市場於上半年錄明顯改善，料鋪位租金已「見底」，料下半年租金上升約5%至6%。
(星島日報)
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商廈空置率高企，租金亦下跌，中環頂級甲廈國際金融中心全層單位，以每呎約150元租出，租金較高峰期跌20%，新租客為美資對冲基金Citadel。
市場人士指，上址為國際金融中心二期 59樓全層，為法國巴黎銀行於年初棄租，面積約2.5萬方呎，近日以每呎約150元租出，新租客Citadel為美國大型對沖基金，主要業務包括資產管理、證券等，該基金早年租用中環遮打大廈，2017年轉租國際金融中心二期低層全層，呎租約170元。2019年該集團擴充業務，租用國際金融中心二期 42樓，現時再租用59樓後，集團合共承租國際金融中心二期 3層樓面。
代理指出，該單位位處高層，屬於優質單位，於甲廈高峰期時呎租逾200元，現時較高峰期下跌20%。
對沖基金Citadel進駐
近期，美國基金管理公司Lexington Partners Asia Limited亦租用國際金融中心二期2903至2909共七個單位，面積近9000方呎，呎租料約160元，月租約143萬，租約期由今年9月1日至2024年8月31日，土地註冊處資料顯示，該租戶承租單位後，上月中將上述部分單位退租，涉及共3個單位，據代理指出，上述3伙退租單位涉約4000方呎樓面，實際承租約5000方呎樓面。
(星島日報)
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沙田石門巨鋪作價2.3億頻錄大手成交日清代理商連購兩鋪
市場連錄大手成交，買家為食品供應商，繼早前本港最大的蛋撻烘焙商「蛋撻王」，以及豬肉零售商建華集團購入工廈，日清食品代理商亦斥資2.3億，承接沙田石門京瑞廣場兩個巨鋪，作為收租用途。
沙田石門區早前錄巨鋪成交，買家揭盅，土地註冊處資料顯示，廣大食品有限公司購入京瑞廣場地下G5及G56鋪，作價1.39億，地下G03號鋪作價9100萬，廣大董事為沈濟福、沈濟強、梁冠程及梁冠禧，四人是老牌食品進出口及零售批發商有成行辦館管理層或相關人士，當中沈濟福為集團執行董事。
連約回報逾三厘
有成行辦館最為人所認識，為代理日清食品合味道、出前一丁杯麵及紅圈牌罐頭，該集團早於1973年創立，業務涵蓋家居用品、酒精飲品及食品出入口、零售批發等。
該集團今年5月，以2.17億沽售粉嶺有成行工廈，知情人士透露，集團坐擁多個工廈自用，部分作收租，今番沽售其中一個工廈轉投地鋪，看好石門區前景，認為該區由2016年發展至今，趨向成熟，惟目前區內以小商戶居多，料未來續有大型連鎖店進駐，帶旺鋪市。
平均呎價逾2.06萬
據了解，G5及G56鋪建築面積約6743呎，現址食肆陳根記，月租37萬，料回報3.19厘，還有，G03號建築面積約3223方呎，現址西餐廳SuCasa月租22.6萬，回報3厘，呎價分別為2.06萬及2.82萬。
代理表示，疫情下石門區受影響相對細，該處附近大型屋苑及公屋林立，民生消費力強，加上沙田鄰近馬鞍山食肆供不應求，不少居民到石門消費，過去兩年，京瑞廣場租金跑贏其他民生消費區。
近期市場連錄食品商購物業，蛋撻王創辦人莊任明相關人士，購入火炭豐盛工業中心14樓全層連車位，作價6500萬 (建築面積21620方呎)，呎價3006元。
豬肉零售商建華集團行政總裁凌偉業，購入大埔太平工業園A座6樓全層，面積13972方呎，作價4600萬，呎價3292元。
另一代理表示，在漫長疫市下，市民改變消費模式，多留在家中煮食，食品商生意增加，部分趁勢購物業自用，部分亦用作收租。
(星島日報)
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灣仔道地盤3.8億放售
市場氣氛向好，部分投資者趁勢放售手頭物業，其中，由本地投資者持有的灣仔道地盤，現址為一幢服務式住宅，目前推出放售，意向價3.8億，以地盤可建樓面約2.8萬方呎計，每呎樓面地價約1.3萬。
代理表示，由本地投資者持有的灣仔道238至240號地盤，以意向價3.8億放售，地盤面積約1890方呎，屬甲級類別；同時亦已獲批重建為一幢22層高之銀座商廈，以地積比率約15倍發展，可建樓面約28350方呎，每呎樓面地價13404元。
可建樓面約2.8萬呎
該代理指，物業現時為一幢樓高9層服務式住宅，落成於1963年；地庫及地下現租予髮型屋，一樓至七樓為服務式住宅，買家更可於新物業外牆及天台上加設多個大型戶外廣告牌，增加廣告效益，截標日期為今年8月底。
是次出售物業位於灣仔道及摩利臣山道交界，人流暢旺；僅5分鐘步程直達大型購物中心 – 時代廣場；地點優越，各項交通工具均可直達。
另外，該物業曾獲財團出手收購，並於16年時申請強制拍賣，市場估值逾1.94億，而當時該財團尚餘一間地鋪尚未成功收購，故作出強拍申請，但其後順利購入，並已統一業權。
(星島日報)
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Mortgage numbers touch 10-year high
The number of mortgages for completed homes rose 25.3 percent last year to 44,931 and is expected to rise another 30 percent to 110,000 this year, which is a 10-year high, a mortgage brokerage service provider said.
The number of equitable mortgages dropped 21 percent from last year to 3,105. But the mortgage service provider predicted this year's figure would decrease as much as 10 percent to around 7,000.
It added that the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate is expected to maintain its current level, and actual mortgage rate was predicted to be around 1.5 percent in the coming two years.
Rent and capital values for mass and luxury residences will rise up to 5 percent in the next half-year, the latest mid-year market review and forecast report by a real estate agency show.
The agency said that the capital values for mass residential grew 3 percent in the first six months this year, while that of luxury residences also rose 3.9 percent.
It is expected that the prices of mass residences along the fully-opened Tuen Ma Line will hit new highs in the second half of this year.
Meanwhile, former Hong Kong Council of Social Service chief executive Christine Fang Meng-sang and her husband sold a 786-square-foot flat in Euston Court in Mid Levels for HK$17.38 million, or HK$22,212 per sq ft, in June.
The couple earned a capital gain of HK$6.78 million, a 64 percent increase from the previous valuation of HK$10.6 million in 2012.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong’s luxury home rents recover as mainland Chinese executives flush with IPO funds drive leasing deals
Rents for luxury homes in Hong Kong jumped 5 per cent in April and May, after falling as much as 13.5 per cent from a record high in August 2109
All districts on Hong Kong Island saw mild rental increments in the second quarter, with Mid-Levels posting the largest rise at 0.7 per cent
Luxury home rents are back on the rise, ending eight consecutive quarters of decline, as mainland Chinese executives, flush with funds from successful initial public offerings in Hong Kong, drive leasing transactions at the top end of the market, say property agents.
Rents for luxury homes jumped 5 per cent in April and May, after falling as much as 13.5 per cent from a record high in August 2109, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department.
“Hong Kong Island tenants traditionally come from finance related industries, which are benefiting from the flourishing IPO market,” a property consultant wrote in the consultancy’s latest report on residential leasing.
Hong Kong’s IPO market has been busy in the first five months of this year, with companies raising a record HK$184 billion from initial public offerings in Hong Kong, a 620 per cent jump over the same period in 2020, the agent said. Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s second-biggest short video-sharing app, launched this year’s biggest IPO, mopping up US$6.2 billion in January.
All districts on Hong Kong Island recorded mild rental increments in the second quarter, with Mid-Levels posting the largest rise at 0.7 per cent, followed by Pok Fu Lam and The Peak, Hong Kong’s most prestigious address, at 0.5 per cent, according to the agency.
“The luxury residential leasing sector has stabilised,” another said, which focuses on luxury residential sales and leasing in Hong Kong. “Most big-ticket leasing deals recently were done by mainland enterprises rather than multinational corporate tenants.”
Apart from executives of mainland Chinese firms that successfully launched IPOs in Hong Kong seeking quality accommodation, the agent said that he has noticed quite a few big budget renters were executives of privately run Chinese companies. These big renters were mostly interested in houses with areas ranging from 3,000 sq ft to 5,000 sq ft in the Southern district that includes Repulse Bay and on The Peak, with monthly rents ranging from HK$300,000 to HK$500,000 per month.
Another property agency said that recently it helped a client lease a 1,600 sq ft unit at University Heights in Kennedy Town for HK$98,000 per month, or HK$61.3 per square foot.
“More than half of our renters for homes costing between HK$100,000 and HK$200,000 per month are mainland businessmen or executives of listed mainland enterprises,” agent said. “Leasing demand will be boosted by more executives returning to Hong Kong when the border reopens.
“This deal reflect an obvious improvement in the luxury leasing market, as landlords were offering little room for negotiation compared to last year,” the agent said, adding that last year, most landlords were willing to cut rents by as much 20 per cent to 30 per cent when leases were due for renewal or to let their vacant units.
Rents for homes larger than 1,076 sq ft showed the biggest gain, rising a combined 3.3 per cent in April and May, after rents in this category dropped to a nine-year low in March, Rating and Valuation Department data showed. Rents for units smaller than 1,076 sq ft rebounded 2 per cent in the same period, after falling 12.8 per cent from the peak in August 2019.
Some recent deals indicate the direction of the leasing market. In mid-May, a 7,022 sq ft detached house on 73 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak, was leased for HK$1.6 million (US$206,000), or HK$228 per square foot, making it the most expensive in per square foot terms in Hong Kong this year.
It came a day after a 4,419 sq ft house at 38 Repulse Bay Road was rented out for HK$700,000 per month, or HK$158 per square foot, according to the property agency.
(South China Morning Post)