內地廣發銀行租中環交易廣場全層

中環甲級寫字樓租金出現調整，中環交易廣場全層，獲內地廣發銀行承租，為近月較罕有中資租用樓面，呎租約140元，較高峰期時下跌約15%。

市場消息指出，中環交易廣場1期12樓全層，面積約1.3萬平方呎，獲廣發銀行承租，屬近月較少出現中資租用本港超甲級商廈。

資料顯示，廣發銀行於1988年成立，總部設於廣州，主要業務包括一般銀行服務、信用卡等，於內地設70多間分行。據了解，該集團於香港設有辦公室，惟樓面面積較細，如今擴充業務，租用全層樓面。

中區超甲廈 租金按月跌3%

消息人士表示，是次成交呎租約140元。據悉，該廈為中環指標商廈之一，去年高峰期呎租高見160至170元，如今租金回調約15%。

需求轉弱下，甲廈租金明顯有調整。有代理12月公布每月商廈租金走勢，其中港島各區租金普遍向下，而中區跌幅明顯擴大，中環超甲廈最新每呎租金為162.7元，按月跌3.3%，而區內整體跌幅達1.9%。按年比較，最優質甲廈呎租累跌17.8%。至於灣仔區跌1.2%，幅度相對輕微。相比之下，九龍區租金變幅較小，東九龍按月無升跌，而尖沙咀亦僅跌0.3%。

代理資料顯示，由於下半年受本地社會事件影響，機構轉為審慎，整體商廈空置率有所回升，而中環區最為明顯。中環商廈連續多月錄得負吸納量，11月空置率更升至逾4年高位，達到3.5%，去年全年呎租跌約5%，而超甲廈呎租跌幅更大。

觀塘海濱匯 全層5.2萬呎租出

此外，非核心區租務相對較活躍，市場消息稱，領展 （00823） 旗下觀塘商廈項目海濱匯，錄得全層租務成交，涉及物業11樓，樓面面積約5.2萬平方呎，每平方呎租金約30元。項目樓高23層，去年入伙，出租面積近90萬平方呎，據悉出租率逾7成。

據了解，是次承租全層為宏利保險，該集團總部正比鄰海濱匯，早年購入全幢並命名為宏利大廈，相信是次租用海濱匯全層，作擴充業務。事實上，該集團早於十年前，已把主要業務遷往東九龍，租用觀塘道223號宏利金融中心多層至今。

(經濟日報)

New home buyers stay on sidelines ahead of lunar new year

Hong Kong's property market stuttered over the final weekend in the run up to the Chinese New Year, with home buyers giving a lukewarm reception to the latest batch of flats on offer in Sham Shui Po, though secondary transactions at ten major housing estates hit a three-month high.

A property agency reported 12 secondary transactions at ten major real estates over the weekend, up by 20 percent week-on-week, the highest in the past 12 weeks.

However, the property agency expects the number of secondary transactions to fall 5 percent month-on-month to 2,200 this month, hitting a four-month low.

In the primary market, CK Asset (1113) sold 30 out of 178 units at Seaside Sonata in Sham Shui Po on Saturday. This came in stark contrast to the previous two weekends, when home buyers piled into Wetland Seasons Park, the first new project in Tin Shui Wai in a decade. The project provides 876 flats, 75 percent of which are two-bedroom units, ranging in size from 474 to 507 sq ft. The rest are three-bedroom units, measuring between 695 and 786 sq ft.

Besides, home owners are continuing to offer price cuts in the rental market to woo tenants. A 390-sq-ft flat in Amoy Gardens at Kowloon Bay was leased for HK$12,000 per month, or HK$31 per sq ft, after HK$4,000 was cut from the original asking rent.

In the commercial market, another property agency said shop transactions slumped 33.4 percent to 1,121 last year, the lowest since 1996. Prices and rents of shops in core areas are likely to plummet by 10-15 percent this year, due to a sharp drop in inbound tourists from the mainland and social unrest.

(The Standard)