根據本港其中一間大型代理行統計，5月份港島區整體指標商廈空置率錄得約9.76%，按月增多0.19個百分點。5大核心商業區中，金鐘及灣仔空置情況有所改善，資料顯示，金鐘區5月份指標商廈空置率錄得約8.41%，按月輕微回落0.07個百分點；灣仔區則由4月約12.6%，遞減至最新約12.28%，下跌0.32個百分點。
至於其餘3大區中環、上環及銅鑼灣空置率均呈升勢，其中中環區由4月約8.19%，上升0.45個百分點至最新約8.64%，而上環區5月份指標商廈空置率為10.17%，按月升幅約1.03個百分點；銅鑼灣最新甲廈空置率亦上升至約8.09%，比上月遞增0.75個百分點。
(經濟日報)
長沙灣全新甲廈錄租務，消息指，長沙灣南商金融創新中心 (前稱荔枝角道888號) 中層B10室，面積約502平方呎，成交呎租約30元。
其他九龍區租務方面，另消息稱，九龍灣恩浩國際中心中層C室，面積約1,549平方呎，成交呎租約27元。另尖沙咀星光行中高層27室，面積約858平方呎，以每平方呎約27元租出。
(經濟日報)
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灣仔商廈新盤連錄大買賣
灣仔商廈新盤連錄大手買賣，買家不乏老牌家族，包括上市公司金源米業，僑福集團董事長黃幼華或有關人士等。
金源米業近1.6億購3全層
最新一宗為金源米業斥資近1.6億，購入灣仔謝斐道218號 Novo Jaffe 3層樓面，連大廈命名權，頂層單位呎價達2.5萬，屬項目新高。成交單位為18、29及30樓，作價1.594億，集團表示作為自用，有助進一步拓展業務及提升營運效率。該集團主要業務為採購、入口、批發及銷售食米等，亦有證券投資及物業投資等。年初沽出灣仔商廈佳誠大廈12樓單位，作價4150萬。
該3層每層面積約2243方呎，其中30樓為頂層單位，連同大廈命名權及廣告位，呎價高見2.5萬元，為項目呎價新高，3層樓面平均呎價約2.37萬。
僑福黃幼華等承接中層
僑福集團董事長黃幼華及有關人士，早前亦斥4299萬購入19樓全層，建築面積約2243方呎，呎價約19166元。Novo Jaffe 由宏基資本發展，早年收購舊樓重建，樓高27層，3至30樓為寫字樓用途，每層面積約2243方呎。
(星島日報)
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京瑞廣場中層意向呎價1.08萬
石門區屬新界東商貿區之一，隨着近年屯馬綫通車後，更受注目。區內京瑞廣場中層相連單位放售，面積約4436方呎，業主意向價約4791萬，折合每呎約1.08萬。
涉資約4791萬
有代理表示，沙田石門安群街1號京瑞廣場二期中層相連單位，建築面積約4436方呎，意向價約4791萬元，每呎約1.08萬。陳氏表示，該單位間隔方正實用，樓底高度約14呎5吋，配備8部客用升降機及1部貨用升降機。京瑞廣場二期於2016年入伙，為區內地標建築，租售成交活躍。
京瑞廣場二期最新成交一批銀主盤單位，2期高層E至H室，總建築面積約3805方呎，以3677.67萬元成交，呎價9665元，自2017年8月後，該廈成交呎價悉數逾1萬元，最新成交價創近5年呎價新低，原業主於2015年6月一手購入物業，作價2819.89萬，呎價7411元，雖然淪為銀主盤，成交價較7年前高857.78萬或30.4%。
還有，京瑞廣場二期高層H室，面積1096方呎，以1070萬元易手，平均呎價9763元。該廈備各類食肆及零售商店，鄰近多個大型住宅，包括沙田第一城，靠近沙田萬怡酒店等。
(星島日報)
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Chaba and rate hikes keep buyers at home...
A property agency recorded just one deal among 10 major housing estates over Saturday and Sunday as Typhoon Chaba and fears over US interest rate hikes kept buyers at home.
The number was 87 percent lower than the eight deals recorded a week ago and marked a 39-week low, the agency said, adding that the last time the top 10 estates saw only one transaction over the weekend was in October last year, also amid a No. 8 typhoon warning signal. And with just two transactions reported on Friday - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day - the total number of secondary home deals were only three over the three-day long weekend, it said.
A property agent said that home viewing activity came to a standstill as storm signal No. 8 was hoisted on Friday and Saturday, and it wasn't until Sunday afternoon that a few buyers ventured out to view properties.
Also, market sentiment has been affected by fears over US interest rate hikes with prospective buyers adopting a wait-and-see attitude, the agent said, adding that sales of new projects also drew a lot of buyers from the secondary market.
In Tseung Kwan O, Villa Garda I, phase 11B of Lohas Park, has released the fifth price list, providing 80 homes at an average price per square foot of HK$18,838 after discounts, roughly the same as the fourth one. The batch, which comprises 20 one-bedroom, 51 two-bedroom, and nine three-bedroom units, is priced from HK$6.44 million to HK$13 million after discounts, or from HK$17,768 to HK$20,389 per sq ft, the developers said.
The project with 592 flats is jointly developed by Sino Land (0083), K Wah International (0173), and China Merchants Land (0978). They have collected over 2,300 checks for 208 units on offer, making them or nearly a 10 times oversubscribed.
In Tuen Mun, Grand Jeté - a Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) project with CK Asset (1113) - sold at least 10 homes after postponing the sales by a day to yesterday due to the typhoon.
They have put 72 homes up for sale with an average price per sq ft of HK$15,211 after discounts.
In Sham Shui Po, The Vim, a project developed by Carrianna Group's (0126) property unit with Choice Holdings, was also oversubscribed with 100 checks for the 50 units in the first batch.
The batch, which includes homes from 199 to 289 sq ft, costs from HK$3.46 million to HK$5.87 million after discounts.
(The Standard)
Typhoon dampens property investor spirits as few flats in new Hong Kong housing project find buyers
By 5pm Sunday, only nine out of the 72 units for open sale at Grand Jeté had found buyers, with another eight offered via tender
The lukewarm response was in contrast to strong interest last weekend when more than two-thirds of the 138 units found buyers
Hong Kong homebuyers have cooled on the property market with only a fraction of the 72 flats at the Grand Jeté project in Tuen Mun selling on Sunday.
Buyers snubbed the bargain prices offered by developers CK Asset Holdings and Sun Hung Kai Properties, which were 10 per cent cheaper than other new projects in the neighbourhood.
Even the move by banks to keep prime rates unchanged after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s most recent rate hike failed to entice buyers.
“Few people with buying interest showed up,” a property agent said. “Those who hoped to own a flat in this project joined the buying spree last weekend and have already conducted their purchases.”
By 5pm Sunday, only nine out of the 72 units for open sale had found buyers.
Another eight homes at Grand Jeté were offered to buyers via tender.
The agent said that the low transaction volume was in line with expectations as market sentiment turned weaker over the past few days.
The Grand Jeté sale was postponed from Saturday because of Typhoon Chaba. Dozens of buyers visited the sales office but most took a wait-and-see attitude.
The lukewarm response was in contrast to strong interest last weekend when more than two-thirds of the 138 units offered in the first round of the sale found buyers.
The 72 open-sale units, with sizes ranging from 283 square ft to 469 sq ft, were priced from HK$4.34 million (US$647,600) to HK$7.22 million.
The per square foot prices ranged from HK$13,875 to HK$17,438.
Phase one of Grand Jeté comprises 400 flats in two 20-storey towers, scheduled for delivery at the end of March 2024.
The lacklustre sales of Grand Jeté flats followed a sales drought two days earlier at The Horizon and Centra Horizon in Pak Shek Kok, offered by Billion Development and Project Management, when none of the 283 leftover flats on offer found buyers.
The flats, ranging from 727 to 1,866 square feet, were offered from HK$13,339 to HK$22,368 per square foot, with discounts of up to 6 per cent.
In late June, Hong Kong residents were actively buying property buoyed by the breather offered by local banks as they kept prime rates unchanged after the latest round of global rate increases.
Based on the current Hibor, or the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate, the actual mortgage interest rate has risen to more than 2.1 per cent, the highest in more than two years.
Some buyers decided to snap up flats before banks eventually raise interest rates.
Last Thursday, all 238 units at Sino Land’s Villa Garda I project at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O were sold within just three hours.
The developer was swamped with nearly 6,200 bids, meaning there were 26 hopefuls chasing every available flat.
(South China Morning Post)