投資市場雖淡靜，惟核心區物業受捧，活躍於市場的投資者楊萬勤出手，購入銅鑼灣渣甸街全幢商住樓，作價9020萬，料回報3厘。原業主持貨3年，帳面蒸發1480萬，貶值14%。
上址為渣甸街49號全幢，佔地約900方呎，地舖、閣樓至5樓，合共有7層，地舖及閣樓面積各約900及500方呎，1至5樓住宅實用面積各為476方呎，以9020萬易手。
持貨6年虧損1480萬
現時該地舖租客為人和荳品，連同樓上5個住宅，全幢月租約22.8萬，新買家為楊萬勤，料回報3厘。
原業主於2017年6月以1.05億購入物業，近年以1.5億放售，最終大幅減價成交，持貨6年，帳面虧損1480萬元，物業貶值14%。
近年楊萬勤連環出手，涉資逾2.92億，去年4月，他購入西環皇后大道西532至534號金陵閣一樓B部分及二樓BA單位，總樓面約5300方呎，作價3420萬成交，呎價約6452元。
近年動用2.62億掃貨
原業主於1989年5月以500萬買入，持貨33年帳面獲利2920萬，升值約5.84倍。上址由護老院以7.5萬承租，料回報約2.63厘。
楊氏亦於2021年5月購入何文田窩打老道61至63號地舖入口連1樓及2樓，作價9800萬，地舖面積約200方呎，1樓及2樓各5800方呎，合共11800方呎，平均呎價8305元，租客渣打銀行，料回報4.2厘。
原業主於1976年3月以34.65萬購入，持貨45年，帳面獲利9765.35萬，物業升值逾281倍。
於2019年11月，他購入旺角西洋菜街南136號地舖，作價7000萬，建築面積900方呎，平均呎價約7.78萬，原業主為資深投資者鄺惠邦，於2000年以2450萬購入，持貨19年帳面獲利4550萬，升值約1.86倍。上址由藥房以每月25萬承租，料回報約4.3厘。
投資者楊萬勤近年連環人市，舖位分布西環、何文田及旺角，連同渣甸街商住樓，涉資合共2.92億。
(星島日報)
工商舖交投放緩 代理行：按月料跌17%
有代理行指，工商舖市況反覆，息口走勢未明朗，9月截至28日止，整體工商舖暫錄約266宗登記，預期整月最終達約280宗，按月料回軟17%。市場正期待《施政報告》有加碼措施提振經濟。
該行代理表示，工商舖買賣於8月份觸底反彈，惟好淡因素參半，後市反覆。該行資料所得，今年8月全港共錄339宗工商舖登記，較7月回升15%，重越逾300宗水平；月內買賣合約總值錄近40億，按月升9%，主因受惠中高價登記上升所帶動，刺激登記金額創近3個月最多。
暫錄約66宗登記
工廈8月登記量升9%，宗數佔整體比例近55%，惟按月減少3個百分點。8月全月工廈共錄186宗，按月升近10%，金額增至14.2億，按月增4%，扭轉三連跌的淡勢。商廈跑輸大市，總結8月只錄50宗，與7月持平，惟高價買賣偏少，金額逆市急跌20%，只錄5.86億，連跌3個月外，創下自2020年8月以來的37個月 (即3年) 新低。
店舖登記按月漲近40%，反映當局引入「開心香港」振興零售消費漸見成效，8月份買賣由7月的74宗大增至103宗，按月急升29宗或39%，為5個月以來首度衝破百宗水平，金額按月增25%，錄19.94億，連升兩月兼創近5個月新高。中環德輔道中84至86號章記大廈地下及地庫，以3.7億易手，於8月底簽署，市場矚目。
(星島日報)
宏基資本大廈面向觀塘海濱公園，非常舒適，而單位可享無遮擋的郵輪碼頭景觀，為物業最大賣點。
觀塘海濱道以往工廈較多，近10年地段陸續有新商廈落成，包括較早期的萬兆豐中心、絲寶國際大廈，以及近年的海濱匯、綠景NEO大廈等，整個地段商業氣氛甚佳。
宏基資本大廈坐落海濱道中段，交通方面，由牛頭角港鐵站步行至該廈需時5分鐘，而觀塘道亦有多條巴士綫，物業地下至3樓為停車場，為自駕人士提供選擇，交通配套齊全。
至於日常飲食消閒方面，項目及比鄰的兩座商廈地下基座均設有食肆，牛頭角一帶亦有民生食肆及商舖，一站之隔的觀塘亦設有大型購物商場，而日後附近的 The Millennity 大型商場開業，商店將會更多。
地段一大優點，為對出有觀塘海濱長廊，前身為觀塘公眾貨物裝卸區，全長逾1公里，北至順業街以南，南至駿業街的觀塘公眾碼頭，西南面向觀塘避風塘。近日響應香港夜繽紛，觀塘海濱亦舉行不同活動。
上班人士可在中午或放工後，到海濱長廊散步，甚為舒服。
單位樓高3.8米 空間感足
宏基資本大廈於2013年落成，大廈外形及大堂等公共空間相當簇新。大堂樓底高，空間感十足，加上大堂門口採全玻璃設計，可引入室外光綫，開揚光猛。大堂提供座椅，供到訪人士休息。
物業採用新型升降機系統，合共5部升降機，有效疏導人流及節省能源。大堂更備有電子顯示屏，展示大廈資訊。
大廈每層面積約1.1萬至1.2萬平方呎，以全層用家為主，亦有部分將全層分為兩個單位使用，單位樓高約3.8米，空間感十足亦見方正實用。景觀方面為物業最大賣點，因面前並無建築物，可享開揚的郵輪碼頭景致，另一邊則望向牛頭角一帶的都市景致，同樣開揚。
買賣方面，由於該廈不少為用家持有，極少放盤，令大廈買賣不多。對上一宗成交，為2021年6月，物業9樓全層，面積約12,029平方呎，以1.37億元成交，呎價約11,472元。
(經濟日報)
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高層全層放租 叫租24元呎
觀塘宏基資本大廈少有放盤，現業主自用多年樓面後，放租高層全層，每呎叫租約24元。
面積12024呎 月租28.8萬
有代理表示，有業主放租宏基資本大廈26樓全層，面積約12,024平方呎，意向月租約28.8萬元，呎租約24元。該單位由機構自一手購入單位自用至今，提供寫字樓裝修，並分間成多間會議室，故可即租即用。同時間，業主亦同時放售單位，意向價約1.9億元，呎價約1.58萬元。
該廈租務方面，對上一宗成交為去年尾，物業10樓全層，面積約12,076平方呎，成交呎租約28元。
同地段近日最大手成交，為海濱匯11樓&19樓全層，面積約10萬平方呎，獲香港寬頻租用，呎租約22元。
(經濟日報)
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用家入市 大手買賣轉好
第3季大手成交整體淡靜，而近兩星期市場連環錄大額買賣，特別優質物業受捧，用家入市積極。
近期大手買賣市況不俗，早前鄧成波家族標售，旺角砵蘭街60號「旭逸酒店旺角」，並於8月尾截標。項目獲本地投資者及外資競投，並有指以約5.6億元沽出，較約7.3億元叫價跌逾兩成。
「旭逸酒店旺角」為樓高30層之酒店，地盤面積約4,053平方呎，總建築面積約48,595平方呎。地下及1樓為酒店大堂及商舖、5樓至32樓為客房，共提供199間酒店客房。據酒店訂房平台顯示，通關後該酒店房價明顯上升，平日房租每晚約500餘元，而十一黃金周房價高見1,600元。
羅家寶家族 5.6億購旺角酒店
新買家為百樂酒店集團羅家寶家族或有關人士呼聲最高，該集團一直有營運酒店，涉及尖沙咀漆咸道南百樂酒店，相信集團有見旅客重返，加上是次物業已較高峰期價格出現大調整，決定入市。
翻查資料，物業由鄧成波家族持有，波叔於2018年斥約11億元向英皇購入酒店。其後遇上疫情，酒店出租情況嚴重受影響，按現時易手價計，5年大幅虧蝕5.4億元，蝕幅近半。
全幢酒店及服務式住宅近期成交增，中旅以近9億元，購入灣仔君悅居服務住宅，將研究跟所持有的睿景酒店合併重建潛力。香港中旅 (00308) 宣布斥資8.98億元，收購灣仔駱克道42至50號君悅居，位處分域街8至12號，屬於15層高連地庫的服務式住宅，地庫至2樓為商舖，現租客包括多間餐廳、便利店及健身中心，3樓至15樓為房間，間隔由開放式至2房，總樓面約5.7萬平方呎，涉及約114間房間，以收購價計算，每呎約1.58萬元，每間房間作價788萬元。
老牌家族沽君悅居 18年升值1倍
據中旅指，君悅居與該集團持有的灣仔睿景酒店地塊是由一原地塊拆分而成，按照政府法定規劃，地塊規劃為商業用地，可用於興建商業、酒店、寫字樓，在取得君悅居後可探索兩地塊合併開發的機會，有效利用後巷面積。
翻查資料，項目原由本地老牌家族持有，2005年家族以約4.5億元向資深投資者羅家寶購入物業，作長綫收租。持貨18年轉手，獲利近4.5億元，物業升值1倍。
商廈方面，招商局能源運輸股份有限公司宣布，以7.78億元購入信德中心招商局大廈28樓全層作自用，建築面積25,395平方呎，平均呎價30,636元，成為信德中心分層最大金額成交。該廈對上最貴分層成交紀錄，為2017年香港興業 (00480) 以約7.5億元沽出上環信德中心招商局大廈22樓全層，招商輪船指購入樓面自用。
翻查資料，該層樓面由「小巴大王」馬亞木持有，於1996年尾以約3.02億元購入單位，持貨27年轉手，獲利約4.76億元，升值約1.6倍。
分析指，目前投資市場仍受高息影響，交投較淡靜，投資者入市興趣較低。相比之下，用家一直有興趣購入物業自用，或購入地盤發展，遇上物業價格回調，即把握機會入市，相信在高息環境下，用家入市比例將提高。
(經濟日報)
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Homebuyers pinning hopes on policy address
There were only six transactions in top 10 housing estates over the long weekend as buyers adopted a wait-and-see attitude ahead of this month's policy address, according to a property agency’s data.
Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay and South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau both recorded two transactions each while Whampoa Garden in Hung Hom and Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai both saw one home traded, the agency said.
Still, it marked a six-fold increase from the lone transaction recorded the previous weekend.
The rest of six housing estates in the top 10 recorded no deal during the three-day period.
A property agency said the secondary market remain weak despite the "jump" from a low base.
The agent said most buyers are waiting to hear what Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is going to announce in his policy address on October 25 although they've been encouraged by reports of probable stamp duty cuts.
The agent believed that amid the wait-and-see, only a major price reduction by property owners would motivate buyers to reach a deal.
Meanwhile, a property agency’s price index showed local property prices dropped 0.46 percent last week from the week before to the year's lowest.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said last week the government would pragmatically review the "spicy" measures that had been used to cool the housing market since 2010, raising the prospect of easing or even removing the stamp duties to boost the city's sluggish real estate sector.
Meanwhile, four deals were recorded at 10 housing estates tracked by another property agency while another agency also reported same number of deals at its 10 blue-chip estates.
The first agency said that besides the policy address and probable further interest hikes in the US, a large number of Hongkongers traveling out of Hong Kong for the weekend also put pressure on the secondary market.
The luxury sector was weak too, with an estimate of only five transactions in the Peak and Southern District last month.
The number for the third quarter slumped about 35 percent quarterly to 13, according to another property agency’s data.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong must act before ‘deep correction’ in property market, property agent says after 2023 forecast points to record lows for new, secondary markets
Easing of the cooling measures will lead to more transactions, but home prices will not see a sharp increase, an agent says
The total number of deals for new homes and second-hand houses will sink to second-lowest in decade and lowest since records began in 1996, respectively, another agency says
Hong Kong should move to restore confidence in its property market before it enters a “deep correction”, an analyst said after a lacklustre forecast was made for 2023.
Hong Kong recorded 8,792 new home sales in the first nine months of the year, and is expected to see about 11,000 deals for the whole year, a number that will not only be the second-lowest in nearly a decade but also just slightly higher than last year’s tally, A property agency said on Sunday. The city saw 10,261 deals last year, the agency said.
Anticipation of the easing of Hong Kong’s cooling measures has grown since the government gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday, with Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po saying that the conditions that prompted the authorities to impose these measures starting in 2009 no longer prevailed.
An agency’s confidence index, which reflects the confidence of property owners putting their homes up for sale, rose 1 per cent week on week on Monday, a slight recovery after two consecutive weeks of declines. The gauge, however, was still at its third lowest weekly level since mid-December last year, according to the agency.
“Under the current economic situation, even if the government cuts all three cooling measures, it will not cause the property market to soar,” the agent said.
Easing of the cooling measures will lead to more transactions, but home prices will not see a sharp increase, the agent added.
Hong Kong’s property market has cooled as headwinds including a weakening economic outlook, elevated interest rates and glut of new flats continue to weigh on sentiment.
The city’s mortgage rates remain high after seven major lenders, including the three note-issuing banks – HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of China (Hong Kong) – said last week that they would raise their mortgage rates. The payment on a typical HK$5 million (US$643,000) mortgage over 30 years will increase by 6 per cent – or HK$1,430 – per month to HK$24,232, after the mortgage rate increases, according to calculations made by a mortgage broker.
The agency’s home prices index declined 0.69 per cent week on week on Monday, falling for seven consecutive weeks. The gauge was down 5.5 per cent from a year-end high, while its year-to-date increase narrowed to a mere 0.46 per cent.
The government should cut the buyer’s stamp duty, the agent said. Non-permanent residents currently pay a 30 per cent levy when buying a home, while those who enter Hong Kong under a government scheme to attract talent have to wait seven years to get a refund of this stamp duty.
The government should also adjust the double stamp duty, which doubles the ad valorem (according to value) stamp duty tax for a buyer who is not a first-time buyer or who already holds residential property in Hong Kong, to basic stamp duty, the agent added. This will increase investors’ appetite as Hong Kong’s rental index has risen this year.
In the second-hand market too, the signs are not great. According to another agency, the first nine months saw 24,158 deals, while the forecast for the whole year stands at about 31,000 transactions. This number will fall short of last year’s tally – 31,802 deals – by 2.5 per cent. The total number of deals will also be the lowest since 1996, when records began.
“If transactions hover at a low level, coupled with a significant drop in home prices, then confidence will break down and will lead to a series of problems in the overall economy,” the agent said.
“We can’t control how external factors like interest rate cycles and geopolitical relations change, but we can definitely do something internally, like cutting the ‘spicy measures’ and changes in the supply of new flats.”
The 1997 Asian financial crisis led to seven years of consolidation in Hong Kong’s property market and “we should learn from the past”, the agent added.
“We should do something before it gets worse, to avoid the market going into a deep correction.”
(South China Morning Post)