疫症損營商氣氛 甲廈低價租務湧現

疫情持續，甲廈租務甚為淡靜，散業權甲廈業主減價放租，多幢大廈即錄低價成交，租金料持續向下。

港島區散業權甲廈，以中環皇后大道中9號、金鐘力寶中心、上環信德中心及灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓等，較具指標參考價值，而近期多幢指標商廈買賣淡靜，租務活動相對較多，而租金明顯下跌。

中環指標甲廈皇后大道中9號近日錄租務成交，物業06室，面積2,269平方呎，以月租13.05萬元獲承接，呎租57.5元。據悉，該單位2015年曾以呎租58元租出，換言之租金重回5年前水平。翻查資料，該廈單位為高層06室，面積2,930平方呎，以每月30萬元租出，呎租逾100元。

灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓 呎租46元3年低

中環美國銀行中心高層05室，面積約2,637平方呎，以每月約11萬元租出，呎租約42元。單位原本呎租約63元，租客去年9月遷出後交吉，最終以每呎42元租出，與對上租約比較，租金跌33%。若按成交呎租計算，為該廈近10年新低。另同廈高層07至08室，面積約3,857平方呎，以每月約18.1萬元租出，呎租約47元。業主原叫價每呎近80元，如今減價約4成租出。

另灣仔會展廣場辦公大樓高層全層，面積9,392方平呎，以43.2萬元獲承租，呎租僅46元，呎租為3年新低。

力寶中心極高層 每呎44元租出

金鐘方面，指標商廈力寶中心2座極高層05至08室，面積約3,224平方呎，成交呎租約44元，屬3年低位。該廈2座合共提供不少細單位，故買賣及租務亦是金鐘指標。同區另一較具指標為海富中心，租金亦向下，物業中層1室，面積約6,135平方呎，以每月約24.5萬元租出，呎租約40元，單位享海景。呎租為該廈4年新低。

分析指，疫情蔓延至全球，環球營商環境甚差，商廈租務需求降低，而核心區商廈空置率上升，散業權業主降租吸客，租金明顯下跌。由於環球疫情未受控，租務市場難望有明顯改變，預計第二季租金仍會調整。

 (經濟日報)

甲廈租金按季跌5.2%金融海嘯以來最差

近期商廈租金跌勢急，根據一間代理行指出，整體甲廈租金連跌三季，最新按季跌5.2%，為09年金融危機以來表現最差，預計第二季進一步放緩，中資公司及共享辦公室需求減。

該代理行指出，整體租金於今年第一季度按季跌5.2%，屬2009年第二季以來最差的季度表現，跌幅更高於上兩個季度的總和，其中，灣仔、銅鑼灣及中環3個地區跌幅最大，幅度6.2%，其次九龍西跌幅5.1%，及尖沙嘴跌幅4.7%。

共享辦公室需求減

代理表示，疫情在全球蔓延，旅行限制以及股市下跌，削弱寫字樓租賃需求，導致第一季度租金大跌。

基於中環與所有商業區間存在80%租金差距，企業普遍遷往非核心地區，以削減成本，因此遷離中環的趨勢仍在繼續。九龍核心地區公司亦遷往非核心地區，並縮小規模。

然而，電子商務及網上購物行業有望擴張，受去年中開始的示威動盪及近期疫情影響，消費者依賴網上購物及外賣服務，這些業務有更多寫字樓租賃需求，包括購物、補習社及社交媒體服務企業。

料年內租金跌約20%

今年第一季度，本港寫字樓空置率由去年12月的4.65%，涉及實用面積274萬方呎，急升至今年3月的5.22%，涉及實用面積308萬方呎。港島東為1.6%，仍是空置率最低地區，中環及灣仔空置率由3.8%升至4.6%，銅鑼灣由4.6%升至5.3%。

由於股市跌，公司推遲上市計畫，零售和酒店業受到重創，該代理行預計甲廈整體租金年內跌約20%。

 (星島日報)

Home prices slashed as sales plunge 26pc

Residential contract sales in March plunged 26 percent year-on-year, Land Registry data showed yesterday.

The number of residential contract sales however was up 8.3 percent from the previous month to 3,870.

The total value of contract sales fell 30 percent year-on year to HK$31.8 billion in March but rose 4.4 percent month-on-month.

More price cuts were seen for flats, including at upscale residential estate The Belcher's in Pok Fu Lam where a 776-square-foot unit sold for HK$19.5 million or 25,129 per sq ft, after HK$4.3 million was knocked off the asking price.

In Ap Lei Chau, a 1,161-sq-ft flat at Larvotto sold for 11 percent or HK$2.7 million lower than the asking price with the buyer purchasing the flat for HK$21.8 million or HK$18,777 per sq ft. Also in Ap Lei Chau, an 888-sq-ft apartment at South Horizons changed hands for HK$16.43 million, or HK$18,502 per sq ft, after HK$3.07 million was cut from the initial asking price.

And in North Point, the owner of a 506-sq-ft flat at Diva slashed HK$480,000 off the asking price to sell the unit at HK$10.5 million, or HK$20,751 per sq ft. The owner had bought the flat for HK$10.48 million in 2014.

Meanwhile, real estate agency reported that the number of industrial and commercial deals hit a record low in the first quarter as it adjusted downward its 2020 forecast for prices and rents of industrial and commercial buildings, as well as shops.

The number of deals was 619, down by 38.8 percent year-on-year. Transaction volumes fell 66.9 percent against 2019 to HK$10.6 billion.

Shops in core zones like Causeway Bay and Mong Kok are expected to cuts of as much as 50 percent in both price and rent, it said. The price and rent of industrial buildings will drop 10 to 15 percent while commercial buildings will see a decrease of 15 to 20 percent. Prices for shops in residential areas or operating livelihood-related businesses will fall 20 percent.

Elsewhere, the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate, which is linked to the mortgage rate, dropped for a third consecutive day to 1.84839 percent, the lowest since March 20.

(The Standard)