金鐘海富中心每呎42元放租
受新冠肺炎肆虐影響，帶動核心區甲廈租金持續調整，部分業主趁機推出旗下物業放租，金鐘海富中心1期低層單位以每呎42元放租，涉資約11萬。
代理表示，上述放租物業為金鐘夏道18號海富中心1期低層單位，面積約2625方呎，以意向租金約11萬放租，呎租約42元。代理稱，與該甲廈其他成交租盤比較，呎租屬於低水平，故對用家甚具吸引力。
每月租金11萬
海富中心為金鐘區內指標甲廈之一，惟受近期新冠肺炎肆虐影響，令該甲廈租金亦備受壓力。資料顯示，該甲廈1座1801室，面積6135方呎，於本月初以每呎40元租出，租金245400元。據區內代理分析道，上述租金較市價低約15%，並重回4年前水平，單位前租客為航空公司，2017年中呎租約46元，與最新租金比較，下跌幅度約13%。
另外，據大型代理行報告顯示，金鐘區內甲廈空置率新報約6.12%，屬過去6年新高水平，足見該區甲廈租金持續調整，吸引用家趁低吸納進駐。
(星島日報)
Bargain prices boost secondary sales
Lower home prices tempted bargain-hunters back to the market despite the coronavirus pandemic, with transactions at blue-chip estates doubling over the weekend.
Real estate agency reported 17 transactions at ten major housing estates over the past weekend, up by 113 percent from a week before.
This came as Hong Kong recorded 48 new coronavirus cases on March 20, the biggest daily tally since testing began.
However, Tai Koo Shing in Quarry Bay and Laguna City in Kwun Tong saw no secondary transactions.
Among secondary transactions, a 718-sq-ft flat at Sceneway Garden in Lam Tin changed hands for HK$11.95 million, or HK$16,643 per sq ft, after HK$2.55 million was rubbed off the asking price.
In Tai Po, a 1,606-sq-ft luxury house at The Beverly Hills fetched HK$15.3 million, or HK$9,527 per sq ft. The vendor will incur a loss of around HK$2 million after paying commission fees and stamp duties.
In Tin Shui Wai, a 550-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas changed hands for HK$5.38 million, or HK$9,782 per sq ft, after HK$620,000 was slashed from the asking price.
And in Tsuen Wan, a two-bedroom flat at Allway Gardens sold for HK$4.55 million, or HK$10,436 per sq ft, after HK$50,000 was cut from the asking price.
In the rentals market, a 1,668-sq-ft flat at The Aria in Ngau Chi Wan was rented for HK$46,500 per month, or HK$27.9 per sq ft, after HK$9,500 or 17 percent was cut from the initial asking fee.
Meanwhile, a 420-sq-ft flat at The Arch at Kowloon Station was rented for HK$20,000 per month, or HK$47.6 per sq ft.
In the primary market, prospective buyers have been pulling out of deals over fears of price declines sparked by the outbreak, with 28 forfeiture cases recorded so far this month, according to reports.
A buyer forfeited a deposit of around HK$190,000 after calling off the purchase of a 223-sq-ft flat at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun, priced at HK$3.75 million.
Another forfeiture came at Seaside Sonata in Sham Shui Po where a deposit of some HK$784,000 was given up after a prospective buyer backed out of the purchase of a 695-sq-ft flat that was offered at HK$15.68 million, or HK$22,558 per sq ft.
Elsewhere, Wheelock Properties sold 68 out of 102 flats on offer at Ocean Marini in Lohas Park on Saturday.
(The Standard)
