經濟環境欠佳，商廈買賣淡靜，市場卻錄一宗罕見短炒，成為逆市奇葩，灣仔資本中心全層連3個車位，以2.36億易手，平均呎價1.5萬，據了解原業主持貨僅10個月，帳面極速獲利約4600萬，物業升值24%。
上述為灣仔資本中心23樓全層，屬鳳凰樓層，連3個車位，全層建築面積約15,727方呎，剛以2.36億易手，平均呎價1.5萬元，交易以買賣公司進行，現址交吉，市場人士料買家為用家，趁市況不景置業自用。
據了解，原業主於2022年11月以1.9億購入物業，當時為銀主盤，短短10個月極速賺錢，屬極罕見短炒賺錢個案。
平均呎價1.5萬
該物業曾由天津最大國企天津物產集團於2014年1月以2.23億元買入，作為集團總部，去年3月淪為銀主盤，意向價2.7億元，及後多番減價，最終以1.9億易手，買家對該廈非常熟悉，早年亦買賣過同廈物業。
去年11月成交價1.9億
市場人士分析，資本中心全層於去年11月以呎價1.2萬元易手，屬低市價水平，呎價約1.35萬至1.4萬元為合理價，由於購入價低，造就今次短炒。
原業主於該廈買賣有前科，曾於2010年10月以1.56億買入同廈12樓，並於2016年5月以205.9億估出，持貨5年半，帳面亦賺4,940萬元。
資本中心交投不多，於2021年11月，面積約10380方呎，以買賣公司連3車位易手，作價約2.28億，呎價約21965元，於該廈逾兩年以來呎價新高。
原業主於2013年以約1.7127億購入，持貨8年帳面獲利約5673萬，物業期間升值約33%。
近期，中環美國銀行中心亦錄銀主盤買賣，美國銀行中心 23樓全層，建築面積約13880方呎，連同4樓5號、6號相連車位，以及50號車位，以3.38億易手，呎價約24352元。
該單位望遮打花園及維港景，屬優質單位，原業主為中資公司，5年前斥資7億購入。
(星島日報)
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中環中心罕有出售 合長綫投資
中環指標商廈少拆散，而中環中心為罕有指標甲廈可供出售，加上物業為地標之一，故適合長綫投資。
中環中心位於皇后大道中99號，地理上，屬於中環邊綫地段，較鄰近上環區，少許偏離置地廣場一帶，並非中環最核心商業地段。不過，由於附近配套足，亦是區內指標甲廈。
交通方面，可由港鐵香港站出口前往國際金融中心，再由天橋步行至該廈，需時約8至10分鐘，而皇后大道中交通便利，巴士多不勝數。另外，物業地庫設3層停車場，提供逾400個私家車位。事實上，近期有投資者拆售中環中心35個車位，售價由430餘萬元起，短期內全數售出，合共涉約1.7億元。
飲食配套上，鄰近物業的中環街市，近年進行活化，現時設有大量餐廳及商店，上班人士可到附近威靈頓街、士丹利街一帶餐廳，亦可從半山扶手電梯前往蘇豪區，更多特色餐廳，或可前往國際金融中心商場，既有優質食肆，亦有5星級酒店等提供商務午餐。至於大廈內設有數間咖啡室、外賣店等。
大廈共設73層，樓高346米，高度稱得上是皇后大道中商廈指標，目前於中環商廈群中，僅次於國際金融中心、中銀大廈等商廈，外形上已是本港指標商廈之一。該廈在落成時，為全球首個以可變色霓虹燈設計作裝飾的建築物。
「星形」間隔 全層無柱設計
整個項目佔地頗大，橫跨兩大地段，分別設有皇后大道中及德輔道中入口。地下設有花園、噴泉及一個大型彩色顯示屏訊。物業地下大堂設計具特色，樓底極高，並用大量玻璃作建築物料料引入天然光，令環境寬敞舒適。另外，近年地下加裝入閘機，保安嚴密。
樓面間隔上，該廈以「星形」間隔，全層無柱式設計，而樓層面積約2.5萬至2.6萬平方呎，實用率則約75%，最細單位面積約千餘平方呎。景觀方面，大致上物業40樓以上樓層，多享開揚維港海景，而中低層則望中環繁華鬧市景。
中環中心於1998年落成，由長實 (01113) 興建，最初大部分樓面作收租，僅小部分包括頂層曾出售。2017年長實以402億元售出中環中心75%樓面，主要樓層位於19至78樓，合共涉及47層樓面，樓面約122萬平方呎，呎價約3.3萬元，成為本港歷來最大宗物業成交。近兩年物業少有買賣，對上一宗為2021年尾，物業中層全層，面積約25,412平方呎，以7.58億元成交，呎價約2.96萬元。
(經濟日報)
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6單位放售 呎價2.38萬元起
中環中心罕有細單位發售，「小巴大王」馬亞木，現放售中環中心27樓6伙，呎價約2.38萬元起。
入場費約4000萬
有代理表示，單位面積由1,800餘平方呎至約14,000平方呎，亦可分為兩組單位出售，每組面積約7,000平方呎，入場費約4,000餘萬元。單位部分提供基本裝修，間隔不俗，適位中小型公司使用，亦可作投資用途。
租金方面，該廈高層及低層單位，因享景觀有異，租金差距頗大。如近日一個低層2,000餘平方呎單位，成交呎租約45元，而8月份高層單位，面積約3,722平方呎，成交呎租約65元。
同區買賣方面，附近乙廈永安集團大廈14樓全層，日前以3.47億元易手，原業主為信興集團。物業面積約15,946平方呎，呎價約2.17萬元。
(經濟日報)
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第四季工商買賣料增 商廈先起動
第三季整體工商舖買賣仍淡靜，踏入末季，近期成交有增，而商廈更是連錄大手成交。
今年初香港開關後市場復甦步伐未如預期，工商舖面對不同挑戰，令第三季工商舖交投表現欠佳。有本港代理行統計，第三季工商舖買賣成交未能重返1,000宗，為連續第4個季度低於千宗水平，合共僅錄得約801宗買賣成交，按季及按年比較均下跌約20%；總成交金額則錄得約131.2億元，比第二季減少約9%，按年同期更下跌約19%。
中環永安集團大廈全層 41年升值5倍
不過，踏入10月份，交投有所增加，而商廈更為焦點。資料顯示，中環永安集團大廈14樓全層，上月底連租約以3.47億元易手，以面積15,946平方呎計，呎價約2.18萬元。翻查資料，該層樓面由老牌信興電子集團持有，早於1982年以5,451萬元購入，持貨41年，帳面賺逾2.92億元，物業升值近5.4倍。
事實上，信興較早前亦有沽出工商物業套現，涉及以約3,000萬元售出土瓜灣北帝大廈地下舖位。
另外，近日市場更傳出中環全幢商廈洽購。消息稱，由投資者朱立基持有中環盈置大廈全幢，獲財團以逾60億元洽購至尾聲。物業樓高22層，總樓面約26.46萬平方呎，現時每月租金收入約1,300萬元。朱立基在2009年9月，以約36億元購入盈置大廈，持貨14年，若成功轉手帳面賺約24億元，升值約67%。事實上，早前阿聯酋航空以月租約55萬元租用盈置大廈1個複式巨舖，面積約6,000平方呎，屬非常罕有航空公司租用核心區大樓面商舖。
渣甸街全幢易手 料享3厘回報
至於商舖方面，核心區亦錄大額成交，銅鑼灣渣甸街49號全幢，佔地約900平方呎，地舖、閣樓至5樓，合共有7層，以約9,020萬易手。地舖租客為甜品店，連同樓上5個住宅，全幢月租約22.8萬元，新買家為投資者楊萬勤，料回報約3厘。原業主於2017年6月以約1.05億元購入物業，早前以1.5億元放售，最終大幅減價成交，持貨6年，帳面虧損約1,480萬元，物業貶值約14%。
分析指，在高息環境下，令投資物業交投淡靜，惟工商舖過去已錄價格調整，加上投資者憧憬息口快見頂，現把握機會入市。在3個範疇中，近期以商廈表現最佳，包括中環美國銀行中心、上環信德中心，以及尖沙咀鐵路大廈，均錄全層買賣成交，反映用家及投資者趁低價入市，料商廈買賣將持續向好。
(經濟日報)
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虛擬資產公司 28萬租尖沙咀舖
近期JPEX事件無阻虛擬資產公司擴充。土地註冊處資料顯示，一家虛擬資產公司剛以月租約28萬元，承租尖沙咀美麗都大廈地下59、60號，及1樓19、20號舖，面積約3,000平方呎，呎租近93元。
個別乙廈錄低價成交，消息指，尖沙咀九龍中心低層05至06室，面積約1,391平方呎，以約1,126萬元成交，呎價約8,095元，屬近年新低。據悉，對上一宗較低價成交，為2020年，物業低層單位，以每呎約9,000元沽出。
(經濟日報)
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Emperor joins chorus for lower stamp duty
Emperor International (0163) vice-chairman Alexander Yeung Ching-loong has called on the government to lower the stamp duty for Hongkongers buying a second home amid a weak market sentiment.
Yeung also recommended deferring the payment of the buyer's stamp duty until the time when the purchaser sells the unit.
Local residents who already own a residential property are currently subject to a 15 percent ad valorem stamp duty for their subsequent home purchases. Non-permanent residents are required to pay both ad valorem stamp duty and buyer's stamp duty totaling 30 percent of the prices for any home purchases, though they can apply for a refund of the extra tax for their first home after getting the permanent residency.
Speaking at a naming ceremony of the developer's new project Southsky, Yeung said the recent performance of the property market was disappointing and he hoped there will be good news in the policy address next week.
The project in Aberdeen, to be sold at around that time, will provide a total of 110 flats, he noted.
Homes at the development range from 245 to 881 square feet and the first batch will involve at least 50 flats, said Yeung.
His suggestions were echoed by a property agent who said the government should remove all property cooling measures.
The agent believes this would help boost sentiment and transactions volumes by 5 to 10 percent, but not the prices as macro factors like the high rates and the economy continue to weigh on the market.
The Israel-Hamas war might push inflation up again and interest rates may therefore stay higher for longer, the agent said, adding that the rents of high-end residential properties on Hong Kong Island may rise by 10 percent next year as more people from both the mainland and overseas come to the city after Covid.
This came as the Lands Department said land premiums rocketed by nearly 27 times to HK$4.84 billion last quarter from the previous three months. It registered 29 lease modifications, nine land exchanges, and one lot extension in the Land Registry during the quarter ended September.
In the primary market, Chinachem sold a 1,367-sq-ft flat with three bedrooms at Victoria Coast in Pok Fu Lam via tender for HK$33.6 million, or HK$24,600 per sq ft, bringing the total number of sales to four homes.
In Shau Kei Wan, Nan Fung Group sold the last unit of Island Garden via tender. The 2,105-sq-ft home with two parking spaces was sold for HK$45 million, or HK$21,378 per sq ft.
(The Standard)
A property agent says removal of Hong Kong’s property curbs is likely to boost home sales, but high interest rates are likely to keep prices in check
Removal of cooling measures is likely to ‘impact sentiment and … increase the transaction volumes by 5 per cent to 10 per cent’, the agent says
All eyes are on Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address on October 25, when he could announce an end to Hong Kong’s property curbs
The removal of Hong Kong’s property cooling measures is likely to increase home sales by 5 to 10 per cent, but prices are not likely to see a sharp upswing because of high interest rates, according to a luxury property agency.
Another round of interest rate increases could also be in the offing, especially if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on any longer and worsens in the coming days, potentially leading to a surge in oil prices, an agent said.
“Hong Kong’s property market is soft at the moment and, the market will probably soften a little bit more, and it’s nearly at the peak of interest rates,” the agent said. “Removal of the cooling measures is likely to impact sentiment and it would increase the transaction volumes by 5 per cent to 10 per cent.”
Government officials have recently dropped hints that the property curbs could be removed soon, and the real estate industry is anticipating an announcement about this when Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong’s leader, delivers his second policy address on October 25.
Hong Kong has since 2009 sought to stop excessive property price speculation after interest rates fell to near-zero globally following the Lehman Brothers collapse. The measures launched to keep a lid on such activity include tightened borrowing margins, higher duties on foreign purchasers, as well as on buyers who flip their assets within three years.
Hong Kong’s property market has, however, changed tremendously, especially since 2019. The city’s anti-government protests broke out that year and were followed by the coronavirus pandemic in the 2020-22 period.
For instance, Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices declined by about 15 per cent between August and a peak recorded in September 2021, according to a government index. Property developers have also cut prices of new flats, with the likes of CK Asset Holdings selling units at its The Coast Line II project in Yau Tong in August at prices last seen in the city in 2016.
Meanwhile, property transactions have also remained subdued this year, with 49,065 units changing hands as of Friday, according to data compiled by another property agency. The data includes the sales of car parking spaces and commercial buildings.
Last year, more than 52,000 property units were sold by the end of October. More importantly, the full-year tally for 2022 was the lowest in terms of transaction volumes since the agency started compiling data in 1997.
With Hong Kong’s currency pegged to the US dollar, the city’s monetary policy has moved in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve’s policies. Hong Kong’s most recent tightening was in July, when the base rate was raised by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent, higher by 5.25 percentage points in total since the Fed began its aggressive bid to tame runaway inflation in the US in March 2022.
“This is a global thing and having interest rates that are higher for longer is causing pain in real estate markets,” the agent said. “After watching what’s happening in the Middle East … that might push inflation up if oil prices surge and that might result in another interest rate hike next year.”
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has re-emerged at a time when many analysts believed that tightening by monetary authorities across the global was almost over.
“What’s happening in Israel and Gaza is heartbreaking and it’s a disaster on both sides,” the agent said. “If [the conflict] pushes oil prices up, it’s going to push inflation up and that’s going to end up with another interest rate rise.
“And the more that goes on and the worse it gets, it’s going to have consequences for everyone.”
(South China Morning Post)
