葵涌永得利廣場2座全層單位，總面積約23721方呎，以7590.7萬易手，買家為冠忠巴士集團相關人士。原業主持貨11年虧損22%。

冠忠巴士相關人士承接

葵涌貨櫃碼頭路88號永得利廣場2座22樓，總樓面約23721方呎，作價7590.7萬，平均呎價3211元，買家為冠忠巴士集團相關人士，透過冠均投資有限公司承接。

根據冠忠巴士集團通告指，現時租用物業作為香港辦公室，收購該物業可進一步節省辦公室租金成本。原業主於2013年4月以9725.6萬購入物業，持貨11年帳面虧損2134.9萬，幅度22%。

平均呎價3211元

有本港代理表示，荃灣海盛路3號TML廣場高層放售，建築面積約7743方呎，意向價約5420萬，平均每方呎約7000元。

(星島日報)

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大鴻輝放售葵涌廣場逾萬呎舖 估值4億

有外資代理行代理表示，有業主放售葵涌廣場3樓一籃子商舖，物業商舖總建築面積約11,667平方呎，以現狀連現有租約出售。

據悉，該批舖位全數租出，租戶包括飲食、時裝等，每月租金收入109萬元。他指，按據銀行估值約4億元，回報率約3厘。

翻查資料，舖位由大鴻輝集團持有，於2004年，以1.42億元購入舖位，持貨至今達20年。

(經濟日報)

More mainlanders eye homes in city

An increasing number of mainlanders are planning to buy homes in Hong Kong, a survey shows.

Nearly 30 percent of mainlanders said they intend to buy a property in the city following the removal of special stamp duties, up by 4 percentage points from April, the survey from UBS Evidence Lab showed.

The survey was conducted on 2,500 people in the mainland between August 9 and September 4.

It showed that 18 percent of respondents plan to buy property within the next two years, with 44 percent of those looking for overseas purchases still considering Hong Kong as the preferred destination.

Respondents continued to rank solid investment returns as the top consideration for buying Hong Kong property, while the importance of education for children rose by 9 percentage points, overtaking lifestyle changes as the second reason.

Protection of property rights remained the fourth key factor.

Nearly half of those planning to buy property in Hong Kong within the next two years have already contacted real estate agents or arranged viewings.

The top five districts preferred by mainland buyers are Wan Chai, Kowloon City, Sha Tin, Central and Western and Yau Tsim Mong.

The majority are targeting properties priced under HK$8 million, with their primary financing options being mortgages from overseas and mainland banks, along with loans from local developers.

People from the first-and-third-tier cities, especially Guangzhou and Shanghai, showed more intent compared to those from the second-tier cities.

The local property market has gained momentum on the back of the US Federal Reserve's rate cuts and the recent easing of mortgage rules, and prices of new homes are moderately increasing on rising demand.

(The Standard)

Hong Kong developers trim discounts at new Kai Tak project as confidence rebounds

Double Coast I will be priced at a 3 per cent discount to the levels seen in Twin Victoria in Kai Tak last month

Hong Kong developers are showing greater confidence in the city’s market outlook following a series of support measures. A consortium including Wheelock Properties and New World Development is offering smaller discounts for their new units in Kai Tak after buyers returned in droves.

At Double Coast I, the two developers and their partners China Overseas and New World Development set the price for the first 78 units at HK$17,899 per square foot on average. That is about 3 per cent below the average for units at Twin Victoria in Kai Tak when the project was launched last month.

New home launches in the city typically offer buyers discounts ranging from 13 to 20 per cent, according to a local property agency.

“The first price list is still the “most conservative” in Kai Tak, site of Hong Kong’s former airport runway, according to Stewart Leung Chi-kin, chairman of Wheelock Properties. “There is room for prices to increase in future.”

Buyers snapped up most of the units on offer in recent weekends after the government unleashed more aggressive measures to revive the housing market. In his policy address last week, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu lowered mortgage financing terms to pre-2009 levels.

Homebuyers are now able to obtain as much as 70 per cent financing, regardless of the value or use of the property. The debt-servicing ratio has been raised to 50 per cent from 40 per cent, standardising the level for both residential and non-residential properties.

This followed an interest-rate cut by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and commercial banks last month and a removal of buying curbs in February, which failed to sustain the market recovery as demand and transactions shrank last quarter.

Even so, prices at Double Coast I in Kai Tak are still somewhat depressed. New World Development sold 60 units at The Pavilia Forest in July at HK$17,188 per square foot, an eight-year low.

Leung, who also chairs the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, expects home prices to increase by 5 to 10 per cent by the end of this year because of improving market sentiment induced by policy tailwinds.

“The price war has come to an end,” an agent said. “Developers are not rushing to clear their inventories and they are confident in the future prospects.”

The 78 units at Double Coast I include nine open studios, 20 one-bedroom flats, 45 two-bedroom flats and four units of three-bedroom flats, according to its developers. The price range, after a maximum discount of 12 per cent, is HK$4.22 million to HK$12.7 million.

Double Coast I will offer a total of 361 units, while two more phases will take the total to 1,590 units upon full completion.

Another agent said the pricing is still competitive as there is ample supply of new units in Kai Tak. Property developers are still being conservative by prioritising cash flow and sales volume, instead of attempting to maximise gains in the short term.

Since Lee’s annual policy address on October 16, the primary market has recorded 747 transactions totalling HK$11.6 billion, according to the agency. They jumped 19.5 per cent and 64.5 per cent, respectively, from the preceding week.

The agency expects new home launches to dominate the city’s property transactions, with 3,000 first-hand deals in October. That would be about four times the volume recorded in September.