Tai Koo Shing rents go below $20,000
Rents at the blue-chip housing
estate Tai Koo Shing in Quarry Bay fell below HK$20,000 for the first time
since 2018, with a 580-sq-ft flat let for HK$19,500 per month, or HK$34 per sq
ft.
And in a secondary sale, a 580-sq-ft
flat at Tai Koo Shing went for HK$10.59 million, or HK$18,258 per sq ft, after
7 percent was cut from the asking price.
This came as the one-month Hong Kong
interbank offered rate, which is linked to the mortgage rate, rose to 2.05155
percent, the highest in nearly two months.
Meanwhile, S&P Global Ratings
believes Hong Kong's residential property transactions will remain sluggish
throughout the first half of the year, after dropping 27 percent year-on-year
during January and February. However, secondary prices have been relatively
resilient despite the global health emergency, it added.
(The Standard)
粉嶺葉氏化工大廈放售全幢市值2.5億
近期在淡市中，全幢工廈仍不乏追捧，有業主放售粉嶺區工廈。葉氏化工大廈全幢放售，市值2.5億，該廈亦同時放租，意向呎租約12元。
代理表示，粉嶺安樂村工業區葉氏化工大廈，全幢推出放售，現址為一幢6層樓高工廈，落成於1990年，地盤面積約12895方呎，全幢總建築面積63896方呎，標準層樓底約3.45米高，可以全幢交吉交易，方便買家作自用擴充，以全幢市值約2.5億計算，平均呎價約3912元。
意向呎租12元
該代理又表示，該廈同時全幢放租，意向呎租約12元，全幢意向月租逾76萬。
資料顯示，去年粉嶺安樂村全幢工廈錄成交，區內業主捷和實業增持安樂門街15號全幢工廈，作價1.5億，以成交價計算，樓面呎價約3100元，該廈佔地9745方呎，總樓面48431方呎，平均呎價約3097元，屬市價。捷和實業為電器生產。
佔地12895方呎
粉嶺安樂村工業區佔地約351萬方呎，擁有98幢工廈，政府於區內持有20多幅休憩用地及臨時車場，區內工廈逾70%工廈為單一業權。
在2018年7月，政府亦推出安全街工業地塊，由億京以7.32億投得，最高可建樓面面積約20.26萬方呎，樓面呎價3617元，創全港工業地每方呎樓面地價新高。
(星島日報)
東亞銀行3.5億沽寶珊道屋地
市況受多項不利因素影響，豪宅地皮亦錄減價成交。消息指，東亞銀行 (00023) 李氏家族以3.5億沽出西半山寶珊道屋地，減價3成。
市場人士透露，西半山寶珊道21號易手，地盤面積18,900平方呎，現建有一幢8,135平方呎的大屋，以3.5億元成交，呎價約4.3萬元。
減價3成 呎價約4.3萬
據了解，該項目由東亞銀行李氏家族，早於去年5月委託測量師行進行放售，意向價約5億元。及後本港經歷半年多社會事件，投資市場受衝擊，豪宅成交亦減少。本年初新冠肺炎疫情爆發，影響投資者信心，業主降價至3.5億元沽貨，減價3成。土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主於2000年以9,000萬元購入，是次轉手獲利約2.6億元，物業升值2.9倍。
寶珊道為西半山地勢最高的街道之一，由於該地段街道的物業不多，故物業成交較為疏落，近年地段新項目，為寶珊道18號尚璟。
最近市場錄得零星豪宅屋地成交，包括廖創興家族成員沽出淺水灣道92號屋地，涉資約5.5億元，地盤面積約1萬平方呎，地積比率約0.9倍，可建樓面約9,000平方呎，每呎樓面地價逾6萬元。買家料為資本策略 (00497) 等人。
(經濟日報)
名錶店難「免疫」 Rolex撤出羅素街
新冠肺炎下，旅遊業受重創，高級鐘錶店紛收縮撤離核心區。消息指，勞力士(Rolex)銅鑼灣專門店將撤出羅素街，業主以150萬元放租，料較高峰期跌7成；另Swatch group旗下兩名錶旗艦店，亦將提早遷出尖沙咀1881。
有代理分析，核心零售區在旅客大減下，不少品牌生意急挫，故要收縮業務。她指出，不論本地或歐美品牌，在疫症全球大流行下，銷售數字跌至極低，現金流受影響，加上未來數月零售仍不樂觀，品牌定暫停擴充計劃。她預計，品牌將續出現遷出核心區，而營商前景欠佳，趁機開業的商戶不多，交吉舖位數字再增，舖租跌勢將更明顯。
羅素街舖150萬放租 低高峰7成
銅鑼灣核心地段羅素街8號地下舖位，由英皇集團持有，並由旗下珠寶鐘錶集團經營，作名錶勞力士的專門店，已開業多年。該舖樓底高，甚具氣派。消息指，業主見市況轉差，打算放棄經營，並把舖位於市場放租，每月意向約150萬元，面積約2,693平方呎，呎租約557元。事實上，按羅素街高峰期，呎租達2,000元以上計，已較高峰期跌7成。
羅素街為旅客必到購物地段，有代理的報告指出，羅素街多次成為全球最貴舖租地段，包括2018及2019年過去兩年。
至於尖沙咀區，亦出現鐘錶店提早退租情況。Swatch group早年租用尖沙咀廣東道1881號商場兩大複式舖位，作旗下兩大名錶寶珀(Blancpain)及寶璣(Breguet)旗艦店之用。
歐米茄早前 關時代廣場店
瑞士名錶寶珀(Blancpain)，租用1881商場2樓舖位，面積逾3,000平方呎，近日已關門，店外貼上「暫時關閉營業，直至另行通知」。至於寶璣(Breguet)租用1881地下複式舖位，面積約3,000平方呎，該舖面向廣東道，加上兩層高，屬商場最優質商舖之一，據悉亦即將暫停業務。業內人士指，兩舖高峰期每組舖位月租達600萬元，租金合共1,200萬元，及後續租每月料降至約400萬元，翻查資料，租客去年3月與業主續租，至明年3月才約滿，現今料提早離場。
另較早前，Swatch
group旗下歐米茄(Omega)亦關掉數間分店，包括時代廣場8樓，面積約2,000平方呎，分店近日正式關閉。該集團早前表示，因應市況將關閉數間分店。
(經濟日報)
九龍商廈空置率 上月輕微回落
有代理數據指，2月份九龍商廈空置率略為改善，多區出現輕微回落。
2月份共統計9個九龍區甲廈空置率表現，當中包括尖沙咀及觀塘等6區空置率錄得跌幅，2月份統計共9區甲級商廈空置，包括尖沙咀、旺角、九龍灣、觀塘、長沙灣及荃灣等，當中6個地區甲廈空置率按月錄減幅。
尖沙咀作為九龍核心商業區，2月份區內甲廈空置率錄得約4.82%，對比1月下跌約0.1個百分點；而九龍東核心區的觀塘寫字樓最新空置率同見改善，按月下跌約0.22個百分點，下調至約11.07%。
該代理行指，以指標商廈觀察分析，尖沙咀區12幢甲級商廈中，有7幢空置率見遞減，以力寶太陽廣場減幅最大，由11.73%減至2月約8.73%，按月下跌約3%。另一向來成交不少的指標商廈新港中心空置率都有所下調，2月份錄得約6.04%，對比1月減少約0.9個百分點。尖東方面，永安廣場空置率同樣遞減，最新錄得約12.56%，按月跌幅約1.16個百分點。而2月份錄得租務成交的尖沙咀商廈租金皆見回落，例如前述永安廣場2月平均成交呎租約39.4元，按月下跌約0.4元；而減幅較為明顯的為東海商業中心，由1月平均呎租約42元，跌至最新約32.5元，減幅逾兩成。
觀塘皇廷廣場 單月7宗租務
另2月份統計的7幢觀塘區寫字樓中，有5幢大廈空置率見回落。當中皇廷廣場表現最佳，單月錄得7宗租務成交，令空置率按月下調0.6個百分點至約7.24%，而平均成交呎租亦由1月約26.9元減至約23.6元，減幅約12%；而向來空置率逾5成的中海日升中心，跌幅最見明顯，單月下跌約1.85個百分點，至約55.6%；另沿海甲廈萬兆豐中心2月空置率錄得約5.98%，按月下跌約0.88個百分點。
該代理行認為，九龍區寫字樓租金一向較港島相宜，而且不少為優質且擁開揚海景景觀的甲廈，例如尖東就有海景商廈，租金對比港島區更具吸引力。事實上，「去中環化」已經不是近期議題，加上因肺炎疫情來勢洶洶，本港營商前景滿布陰霾，企業維持營運都是一大難題，現時租戶多以節省成本為主，相信租金具競爭性會是企業考慮重要因素，而踏入3月份，本港疫情轉趨嚴峻，料會進一步影響企業承租心態，即使九龍寫字樓空置率也會無可避免地跟隨大市而輕微上調，租金方面則會繼續尋底。
(經濟日報)
財團突放棄收購鴨脷洲舊樓疫情及股市波動影響
新冠肺炎疫情持續，影響樓市氣氛，財團亦放慢併購舊樓步伐，據消息人士指，近期獲財團斥資逾2億併購的鴨脷洲大街舊樓項目，集齊近八成業權，但阻於經濟形勢轉差，樓價呈下滑，突放棄整個收購計畫。
近年市區土地供應不足，不少財團均透過併購舊樓藉以增加土儲，消息指，鴨脷洲大街雙號舊樓，由去年10月起，已有財團出價收購該舊樓業權，據悉，每呎收購價約1.8萬，每個住宅單位收購價介乎900萬至1000萬，近日已集齊八成業權，共涉資逾兩億，而業主亦需要把訂金退還予財團。
但由於近期受疫情影響，整體投資氣氛進一步轉差，加上收購難度高，以及擔心經濟進一步轉差，目前突然放棄收購整個項目。
已集八成業權涉兩億
該舊樓項目現為2幢樓高6層的物業，涉及約20個住宅單位，以及4個地舖，樓齡大約50年。鄰近港鐵利東站，約5分鐘步程，出入交通便捷，地盤面積約3634方呎，若以地積比約8倍發展，可建樓面面積約2.9萬方呎。
領航集團主席高兆霆表示，隨着去年下半年起出現連串示威活動，加上新冠肺炎突然來襲，多家食肆及零售店鋪結業，失業率回升，發展商對收樓併購態度自然轉趨審慎，出價會較低，但由於部分業主沒有打算減價放售，令收購舊樓的難度增加。
業主需退還訂金
有收樓界人士分析道，上述鴨脷洲大道雖然位處港島區，地段不俗，不過，該地盤面積不足4000方呎，重建限制較大，而且地盤規模細，建築費特別高，有不少大型財團卻步，加上近期市況較去年下半年更加差，而且資產貶值下，市場上投資選擇增加，財團容易為資金找到其他出路，相對收購舊樓將鎖死手頭資金，興趣自然下降。
可建樓面約2.9萬呎
有代理表示，新冠肺炎肆虐，市場觀望氣氛濃厚，中、小型發展商雖然主攻規模較細的項目，但阻於市場氣氛欠佳、失業率上升及樓價下跌，將令發展商承受較大的發展風險，加上中、小型發展商資金流相對狹窄，故料於現時市況下，對舊樓收購取態將趨保守審慎。
該代理補充，大型發展商情況卻相反，因其本身資金雄厚，具財政實力購入舊樓多年作土地儲備，作為日後發展之用，發展項目需時多年，待項目落成開售時，屆時市況有機會已告好轉，故料大型發展商於現時市況下，不會減慢收購舊樓步伐。
(星島日報)
長沙灣新平工廈6.4億沽第一集團承接併毗鄰地盤發展
新冠肺炎重挫工商鋪投資氣氛，惟實力財團趁此時大手入貨，消息指，第一集團斥資6.4億，購入長沙灣道916至922號新平工業大廈全幢，平均樓面呎價約5555元，將併毗鄰地盤發展，總投資金額達28億。
第一集團董事魏深儀稱，長沙灣道916至922號新平工業大廈全幢，集團以6.4億購入，佔地約9600方呎，地積比12倍，可建樓面約11.5萬方呎，平均呎價約5555元。他指出，上述項目與集團早前購入的長沙灣道924至926號為相鄰，兩個地盤可合併發展，佔地面積共約2.16萬方呎，可重建約26萬方呎，暫定重建商廈，總投資額約28億，計畫於2023年落成。
魏深儀：投資額28億
土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主為百麗環球有限公司(BELLE WORLDWIDE LIMITED)，註冊董事宋福旺，於2008年以一籃子形式以2.85億購入。
代理稱，該行統計9區甲廈空置率，包括尖沙嘴、旺角、九龍灣、觀塘、長沙灣及荃灣等，當中6個地區甲廈空置率按月錄減幅。代理稱，尖沙嘴作為九龍核心商業區，上月區內甲廈空置率約4.82%，對比1月跌約0.1%；九龍東核心區觀塘商廈最新空置亦見改善，按月跌約0.22%，下調至約11.07%。
(星島日報)
羅守輝呎價2.3萬沽力寶
由資深投資者羅守輝持有的金鐘力寶中心低層，以8390萬賣公司易手，呎價約2.3萬，低市價約18%，持貨僅約半年，帳面獲利約15%。
持貨半年升值約15%
市場消息指出，上址為金鐘力寶中心2座低層07至10室，以買賣公司形式，作價約8390萬成交，以樓面面積約3648方呎計，呎價約2.3萬。據代理指出，成交低市價約18%，重回2017年首季水平，羅守輝於去年10月以7296萬購入上址，故持貨僅約半年，帳面獲利1094萬，物業升值約15%。
伊利近街鋪3400萬沽
中環伊利近街36號地鋪，面積約1000方呎，早前以6800萬放售，經多番議價後以3400萬成交，呎價約3.4萬，低市價約30%，以月租8萬計算，回報約2.8%。原業主早於1987年以68萬購入，故持貨33年，帳面獲利3332萬，升值49倍。該鋪周邊有發展商收購，鋪位造價一般5000萬以上。
尖沙嘴麼地道63號好時中心地下8室鋪，以1428萬成交，原業主投資者唐楚男，本來叫價2400萬，大幅減價成交，數年前以買公司形式承接，現址藥房，現時月租4.2萬，兩年前月租6萬。
上環荷李活道雙號地鋪，面積約900方呎，附設400方呎入閣，以約2000萬成交，平均呎價約22222元；據悉，該鋪現時由鞋店以3.9萬承租，回報約2.34厘。代理指，該地段鋪位一般叫價介乎2500萬至3000萬。
(星島日報)
強拍申請1日批3宗 值逾21億
新冠肺炎疫情肆虐，使今季強拍審批進展緩慢。法庭昨日連環批出3宗強拍申請，共值逾21億元，其中由老牌發展商協成行申請強拍的筲箕灣東大街義德大廈，強拍底價為8.04億元。
由老牌發展商協成行申請強拍的筲箕灣東大街義德大廈，屬於8層高商住大廈，於1966年落成，項目佔地約7,680平方呎，屬於「住宅(甲類)」用途，可建住宅樓面約6.9萬平方呎。法庭批出強拍底價為8.04億元。
筲箕灣義德大廈 底價8億
另外，由深圳南瑞投資徐凱祥等相關人士提出強拍的尖沙咀金巴利道49至51號金興大廈，亦獲以底價6.525億元批出強拍令，預計可重建作商廈，以可建樓面約8.64萬平方呎計，每呎樓面地價約7,550元。
大鴻輝收購及申請強拍的上環德輔道西及西安里安慶樓，獲法庭頒下強制拍賣令，可建樓面約5.37萬平方呎，以拍賣底價7億元，每呎樓面約1.3萬元。
位於上環德輔道西326至332號及西安里11A至11D的安慶樓，現為1幢9層高商住舊樓，於1959年落成，佔地約6,172平方呎，發展商大鴻輝於多年前展開收購，並於2018年申請強拍，今獲法庭審議，最終以底價7億元頒下拍賣令。
地盤現劃為「住宅甲類」用途，若以8.7倍商住地積比計算，可建樓面約5.37萬平方呎，以拍賣底價計，每呎樓面地價約1.3萬元，預計可重建成1幢27至32層高商住樓宇，而發展商在項目周邊尚有多個收購地盤，估計有機會連同一併發展。
(經濟日報)
World’s costliest offices are poised to enter tenants’ market as Hong Kong businesses reel from coronavirus, protest movement
Hong Kong’s notoriously pricey office rental sector is fast becoming a tenants’ market as last year’s protest movement and the current coronavirus pandemic have prompted struggling companies to bail on their leases.
A huge increase in firms, from co-working space providers to finance companies and retailers, abandoning their offices before the contracts expire has helped free up space and contributed to a fall in rental rates.
“Given that real estate is one of the single largest costs in operating a business, particularly in Hong Kong, lease surrender cases are becoming more prevalent as a means to generate savings,” said Chris Cohen, a data analyst at Savvi, a Hong Kong-based data driven real estate platform founded in 2018 that specialises in office, off-market and lease surrender opportunities.
Office rents across the city have been falling hard this year, with vacancy rates in areas like Admiralty and Central soaring as the health crisis further saps demand already dented by months of social unrest. Many analysts see the situation worsening this year.
Companies that surrender space have typically overextended themselves through expansion or “are currently paying market-peak rentals in what is one of the world’s most expensive office markets,” said Cohen.
Firms that gave up office space this year were predominantly mainland Chinese ones and those whose businesses were hit particularly hard by the virus and last year’s social unrest, such as retailers, according to a real estate agent.
Sometimes the rental contract can be broken legally if tenant and landlord reach agreement on terms, which might include compensation.
“If their business or operation is affected, they will consider cost-saving exercises more seriously”, which may include surrendering some office space, the agent added.
“They either cut the size or move to cheaper places. Surrender means they would seek replacement [tenants] during the lease,” the agent added.
The number of so-called surrendered listings for Hong Kong office space in the first three months of 2020 was double that for the whole of last year, according to Savvi, which cooperates with landlords, agents and tenants to deliver property services in cities including New York, Singapore and Shanghai. Savvi says it has a network of more than 10,000 tenants, giving it access to a large amount of listing data.
Hong Kong Island alone has recorded 500,000 to 600,000 square feet of surrendered listings so far this year, almost twice the 250,000 to 350,000 sq ft during the whole of 2019, the company said. The 600,000 sq ft is equivalent to the size of 9.3 standard football pitches measuring 6,000 sq m each.
The amount of space vacated in the first three months has been almost 10 times the quantity in the same period last year by square footage, said Cohen.
“We anticipate a month-on-month increase of 20 to 30 per cent in surrender and upcoming lease listings ... for at least the next three months,” he added.
Reasons for surrender, which can release tenants from their existing lease obligations, include restructuring, downsizing, insolvency, merger and acquisition, or even expansion.
“It is also in pressing times, due in part to the months of social unrest and the current Covid-19, that businesses are forced to think outside the box,” Cohen said. “Landlords’ sentiment is also changing, and some are facilitating surrender cases within their portfolio, as a last resort.”
Since many surrender listings are also handled off-market or on a confidential basis, the jump may actually be greater than the figures suggest.
Recent cases of surrendered office space have been seen in some of Hong Kong’s busiest commercial zones, including Central, Admiralty, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay.
Co-working operator WeWork last month surrendered 30,000 square feet on two floors at Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, and 120,000 square feet at The Gateway in Tsim Sha Tsui, according to market sources. WeWork was paying a monthly rate of about HK$100 (US$12.89) per sq ft at Hysan Place and about HK$60 per sq ft at The Gateway. The leases were only signed last year.
“At the moment, we are focusing on our top priority of ensuring members across the world have a safe workplace environment,” WeWork told the Post in an email last week, referring to the Covid-19 pandemic.
CreditEase, a fintech company from mainland China, surrendered its office in the International Financial Centre, measuring about 5,000 sq ft last month. It was leased at about HK$170 per sq ft, according to market sources. The lease was supposed to expire in the third quarter of 2021. CreditEase did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
“As the Covid-19 outbreak has been declared a pandemic, this will inevitably exacerbate market volatility and negative sentiment,” another agent. “The office market will be significantly dampened in the near term.”
The vacancy rate was the most serious in Admiralty at 6.1 per cent in February, the highest since April 2014, with almost one in five floors of Bank of America Tower empty, according to another real estate agency.
Average rents for offices in Admiralty sank 22.6 per cent on the year to HK$90.1 per sq ft in February, according to the real estate agency.
The average Hong Kong office rent will slide to HK$60.6 per sq ft in 2021, down 16.8 per cent from last year, as the market “transitions to a tenant-friendly” one, according to a report by an agency firm.
Rents in Central contracted by 3.2 per cent month-on-month to HK$116.1 per sq ft in February, the sharpest monthly decline since the financial crisis of 2008, agent said.
(South China Morning Post)
海防道藥房連環結業 減8成招租
新冠肺炎下旅客數字跌至谷底，重創零售業。尖沙咀一綫零售段、九龍「呎租舖王」海防道，最近先後有3家藥房結業，其中一藥房近日遷出，業主以每月20萬元招租，較高峰期大跌8成。
有代理分析，海防道近10年成內地客必到之處，亦因廣東道名店效應，海防道多為二綫品牌及藥房集中地。代理指，在目前旅客急跌，海防道租客難以負擔數十萬月租，故相信結業情況更多。後市方面，他預計當月租跌至10餘萬水平，一些主打本地客生意的商戶可負擔，便漸見承接力。
代理：月租跌至10萬具承接
以往成遊客集中地，逼得水洩不通的海防道，最近人流大幅減少，加上近日疫情嚴峻，街道顯得相當冷清。租戶方面，地段曾成兵家必爭之地，惟近日吉舖明顯增加，當中3間藥房在近兩星期先後遷出。
尖沙咀海防道31號，舖位面積約890平方呎，原由藥房租用，月租約50餘萬元，租約至本月，而租客上星期已遷出。代理透露，目前業主以每月約20萬元放租，呎租225元，較前租金減半。事實上，該舖高峰期時，曾以100萬租出，如今意向租金，較高峰大跌8成。
20組舖位 6個乏長租客
本報記者現場所見，連同老鳳祥金行早前棄租舖位，以及一個時裝店租舖，海防道地段20組舖位中，便有6個舖位乏長租客，空置率三份之一，亦為近年最高。
租金方面，海防道為本港零售指標，10年前遊人如鯽，該地段平均呎租平均約500至600元，舖位月租約40至50萬元起，其後訪港旅客踏入高峰，各大品牌搶租舖位，包括周大福曾斥260萬，租用地段一舖，呎租約1,800餘元，一度取代廣東道，成九龍「呎租舖王」。直至近年，旅客消費模式轉變，奢侈品漸放緩擴充，地段成交呎租，重回約500至600元。
去年中，社會事件爆發，訪港旅客急挫，如今遇上疫症，雙重打擊下舖租急回落。對上一宗成交，為本月海防道海防道47號地下連1樓，合共面積約1,050平方呎，獲中藥保健品零售商維特健靈以約25萬租用，近日正式開業，呎租僅約200餘元，重返逾10年前水平。
事實上，旅客數字已跌至近乎零外，近日疫情嚴重，政府日前實施禁酒令等，多種因素下，本港零售、餐飲業遇上重大挑戰，近期相繼出現金行、錶行及餐廳，需短期暫停營業，而個別結業的商舖，亦因營商前景差，暫乏人承接，預計核心區吉舖數字持續上升，租金遇上沉重下跌壓力。
(經濟日報)
太古地產鰂魚涌持4項目 樓面逾344萬呎
近年港島東一帶的鰂魚涌、太古，逐漸發展成商業中心區，區內7個重建項目，將提供逾440萬平方呎商業樓面，特別是區內大地主太古地產(01972) 區內持有的項目，涉及344萬平方呎樓面。
太古早在逾100年前已經在鰂魚涌扎根發展，在區內興建糖廠、船塢以至汽水廠，並在1990年代開始重建成太古坊商業區，並一直在擴大商業王國版圖，目前太古地產在區內4個項目，涉及樓面面積達344.2萬平方呎。
太古坊2座商廈 2021年落成
當中和域大廈、康和大廈及常盛大廈三幢工廈，已經陸續重建成太古坊一座及二座，合共提供200萬平方呎樓面。太古坊一座已經在2018年落成，樓高48層，涉及約100萬平方呎樓面，屬於區內近年規模最大的甲級商廈。至於太古坊二座亦會興建一幢總樓面約100萬平方呎的商廈，預計將於2021年左右落成。
而收購多年的仁孚工業大廈、華廈工業大廈，以及濱海街一帶的舊樓，太古亦陸續進行重建，當中仁孚及華廈工業大廈兩幢工廈佔地達5萬平方呎，現時屬於商業規劃用途，鄰近太古城的商業區，預計將會重建成商廈，可建樓面達78萬平方呎。
濱海街16至94號 擬作商業發展
至於由太古地產與恒地 (00012)合作收購的濱海街16至94號一排舊樓，佔地2萬多平方呎，屬於「住宅(甲類)」用途，但由於鄰近太古坊商業區，若果作為商業用途發展，將地積比率提升至15倍，可建樓面約65.8萬平方呎。
而位於英皇道704號至730號、七姊妹道201號至227號的吉祥大廈，由新世界 (00017) 收購之後，已經在去年重建成甲級商廈K11 ATELIER King's Road，樓高22層，總樓面面積達44萬平方呎。
由太平協和持有，位於鰂魚涌海濱的海裕街地盤，亦在近年完成規劃，發展商與政府達成原址換地協議，將會興建5幢10至13層高酒店及零售的商業項目，地積比率4.4倍，總發展樓面約40萬平方呎，其中酒店樓面逾18.88萬平方呎，另設逾12.4萬平方呎樓面作食肆及零售用途，以及寫字樓樓面則逾8.68萬平方呎。
隨着鰂魚涌一帶的舊樓、工廈陸續完成重建，區內將增加440萬平方呎的商業樓面，連同太古城現有的甲級商廈，區內商業樓面將超過700萬平方呎樓面。
(經濟日報)
銅鑼灣霎東街全幢2.8億售長情業主沽貨56年升值1957倍
受新冠肺炎肆虐影響，市場觀望氣氛濃罩，惟核心區物業仍受追捧，再錄大手成交。銅鑼灣霎東街6號全幢以2.8億成交，原業主為長情業主，持貨56年，物業升值1957倍。市傳買家為希慎興業。
市場觀望氣氛陰霾密布，惟核心區再錄大手成交。據土地註冊處資料顯示，銅鑼灣霎東街6號全幢於上月24日以約2.8億成交，買家以公司名義登記，為ISLE NOBLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED，為海外註冊公司；據業內人士指出，該廈地盤面積約743方呎，樓高3層，總樓面面積2972方呎，平均呎價約94212元，市傳買家為希慎興業。
1964年以14.3萬購入
此外，資料亦顯示，原業主林姓人士於1964年7月以14.3萬購入物業，再分別於1990年及2015年由家人以遺產形式接手，故持貨56年，帳面獲利約2.79億，物業期間升值約1957倍。事實上，該廈於今年1月以招標形式開售，據外資測量師資料顯示，該廈早前曾被租予時裝零售租戶，物業外牆可作大型廣告位。
盛滙基金創辦人李根興表示，如果單獨來看，上述鋪位非常昂貴，若購入連旁邊地盤重建，則不算貴，之前，黎永滔亦沽售霎東街2號地鋪，作價約1.8億。他估計，買家同一地段發展商希慎。
市傳希慎興業承接
有代理表示，荃灣荃景圍86號荃灣中心1期高層地下C14號鋪買賣，面積約228方呎，以約282萬成交，呎價約12368元，租客為自助洗衣店，月租約7500元，租金回報約3.1厘；另一成交為相同屋苑2期高層地下15號鋪，面積約142方呎，以約170萬成交，呎價約11972元，由髮型屋以6900元承租，租金回報約4.87厘。
(星島日報)
九龍塘施他佛道屋地 減價半億沽
新冠肺炎持續爆發，貴重豪宅物業樓價亦出現調整，市場消息昨傳出，九龍塘施他佛道一幅單號數屋地，減價約半億元沽出，為近一周區內連錄兩宗大幅減價成交。
新冠肺炎確診數字連日內不斷上升，部分豪宅業主已不惜將物業大幅減價，吸引不少投資者入市撈貨，據市場消息指出，九龍塘施他佛道一幅單號數屋地，開價2.5億元，近日疫情爆發下，業主已將叫價降至2億元，近日並傳出已轉售的消息。
屋地地盤面積5,500平方呎，地積比率0.6倍，可建樓面面積3,300平方呎，物業現有面積為3,804平方呎，成交呎價52,576元，洋房並有前後花園約1,380呎，以及平台及天台共1,600呎。
2億元售 帳面獲利1.48億
原業主於2005年以5,200萬元購入，持貨15年，帳面獲利1.48億元，升值2.8倍。
事實上，最近區內連環傳出貴重屋地易手的消息，由香港基督教播道會聯會持有的九龍塘金巴倫道15號屋地，業主叫價3億放售，最新以約2.4億元沽出，佔地10,180平方呎，以地積比率0.6倍計算，可建樓面6,108平方呎，每平方呎地價約3.93萬元。
另外，由廖創興家族成員持有的港島南區淺水灣道92號屋地，亦以公司股權轉讓方式易手，市傳作價約5.5億元，屬今年最大宗豪宅成交，地盤面積10,085平方呎，現建有一幢3層高住宅，最大可重建樓面7,563平方呎，樓面地價72,722元。
(經濟日報)
新紀元廣場配套足 上環指標商廈
上環新紀元廣場位於皇后大道中，處傳統商業心臟地段，配套亦充足，屬區內指標商廈之一。
項目於1998年落成，屬新世界發展(00017) 及市建局重建項目「新紀元廣場」一部分，提供兩幢商廈，中遠大廈稱為新紀元廣場高座，樓層較少的為新紀元廣場低座大樓。
兩座大樓中間為露天廣場，設有噴水池及座位。廣場連貫從皇后大道及德輔道中兩條主要街道，平日甚多上班人士經過。低座外牆裝有大電視，大廈旁有鐘樓，整個項目觀感甚佳，設計上有風格。
車位有限 售價屢創紀錄
交通方面，港鐵站出口在大廈旁，附近有多條巴士綫及電車直達，此外，由於大廈鄰近西隧，往返九龍方便，而停車場設於中遠大廈內，值得一提，由於車位數目非常有限，該廈車位售價屢創全港車位售價紀錄。總括而言，整體交通四通八達。飲食配套方面，大廈設有兩層高商場，設有酒樓、快餐店等，而上班人士可到永樂街、蘇杭街、德輔道中的地舖，而附近亦有柏廷坊等銀座式商廈，有一定餐廳數量，上班族亦可到中環用膳。
新紀元廣場為上環商廈中樓齡較新，物業早年由發展商持有，及後轉售給外資基金，不時進行翻新及管理。大廈直至2009年第三季才展開拆售，故物業屬區內可供買賣商廈中，質素最理想之一。
電梯大堂設於3樓，可從扶手電梯直上。大堂共分兩個升降機地段，分別通往低層及高層單位。
樓高28層 景觀受遮擋
大廈樓高28層，每層面積約15,451平方呎，5樓以上為寫字樓。每層大致上可分間6個單位，景觀上，幾乎所有單位同一坐向，大致上望向露天廣場景，以及皇后大道中樓景，由於面前多商廈，景觀受遮擋，高層單位亦被前面商廈遮擋，未能享全景。
翻查歷史，大廈曾多番轉手。2000年，新加坡基金GIC以13.8億元，向大廈發展商購入新紀元廣場低座全幢，並於05年以23.75億元，轉售予澳洲MGPA基金。該基金於2009年以拆售形式推出，當時樓市正從金融海嘯後樓市復甦，結果反應極佳，數月內全數樓面沽清。最大手成交為投資者「台灣張」，以約10億元購入10層單位。
(經濟日報)
中環甲廈租金急挫3.2%海嘯後單月最大跌幅 代理：受疫症影響需求迅速放緩
新冠肺炎肆虐，拖累核心區甲廈租金備受壓力。據代理的統計資料顯示，隨着租務需求大幅放緩，帶動整體甲廈租金於今年2月下跌約2.2%，當中以中環為「重災區」，該區甲廈呎租新報116.1元，按月下跌約3.2%，為金融海嘯以來單月跌幅新高。
新冠肺炎於年初爆發，令本港經濟前景陰霾密布，拖累甲廈租金。有代理昨日公布的報告指出，受新冠肺炎影響，令租戶承租步伐放緩，整體甲廈市場於上月錄得18.93萬方呎負吸納量。
錄逾18.9萬呎負吸納
代理表示，由於租賃需求下降令各主要寫字樓市場空置率均見上升，整體寫字樓租金跌幅於2月進一步擴大，按月下跌2.2%，其中，中環甲廈平均呎租報116.1元，按月下跌3.2%，為2008至09年金融海嘯以來錄得的最大單月跌幅。
代理稱，現時市況將影響多個行業的營商氣氛，並在短期內妨礙其商業計畫，導致個別企業暫緩搬遷及擴張計畫，與此同時，部分企業反而趁勢爭取更佳的租賃彈性和交易結構逆流而上。然而，不論短期市況如何，租約即將到期的企業，均需在調整商業計畫的同時解決上述問題。
甲廈空置率6.3%
此外，該代理行亦公布甲廈空置率資料，2月整體甲廈空置率約6.3%，較1月的6.1%按月上升約3.28%，若以各區劃分，中環空置率於上月報4.2%，較1月的4%，按月升約5%，灣仔及銅鑼灣上月空置率報4.8%，較1月的4.4%，按月上升約9%。
該行報告指出，隨租戶尋求更具成本效益的辦公地點，中環以外地區錄得多宗成交，當中較為引人矚目的交易包括環聯承租尖沙嘴港威大廈五座的1.77萬方呎樓面，以搬遷並擴充位於海港城的辦事處。由於租戶對控制租金成本維持審慎，大多數租賃需求均集中於頂級寫字樓以外的地點。
(星島日報)
Deposit forfeits surge as banks tighten up lending
Forfeiture of deposit cases surged 50 percent in new projects as banks are believed to have tightened lending when the overall Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate rallied.
The first-hand property market has recorded at least 31 forfeiture of deposit cases, costing nearly HK$35 million since March.
The one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate, which is linked to the mortgage rate, also hit a one-month high and rose to 1.849 percent.
A mortgage brokerage services provider says Hibor rates will keep increasing for some time due to funds squeeze. Three-month Hibor may drop in line with US interest rates.
In the secondary market, a 770-square-foot flat at Alto Residences in Tseung Kwan O changed hands for HK$13.2 million, incurring a loss of about HK$7 million after paying commission fees and stamp duties.
Property consultancy said the vacancy rate of Grade A office buildings rose 0.2 percentage points month-on-month to 6.3 percent last month, and office rent dropped 2.2 percent from a month before, as the coronavirus outbreak has dampened leasing demand.
In Central, the vacancy rate grew 0.2 percentage points month-on-month to 4.2 percent in February, and office rents fell 3.2 percent month-on-month to HK$116.1 per sq ft - the biggest monthly decline since 2008.
(The Standard)
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)
Wheelock’s Ocean Marini flat sales run out of steam in second round as Hong Kong buyers stay home amid spiking coronavirus cases
Wheelock Properties’ second batch of flat sales in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O district ran into the city’s biggest daily increase in confirmed coronavirus infections, a deterioration that kept an estimated 20 per cent of registered buyers at home.
The developer sold 82 flats, or 80 per cent, of the 102 units on offer at its Ocean Marini project as of 9pm, according to sales agents, failing to repeat last weekend’s sell-out launch. Separately, two flats each at the Marini and Grand Marini projects by the same developer in the same neighbourhood found owners.
Nearly 2,300 people put down cheque deposits to register their interest to purchase, which means 22 potential buyers for every available flat, agents said. However, an estimated 20 per cent of the registrants stayed away, after the city reported 48 new cases of coronavirus yesterday in its biggest daily increase.
“There has been less of a turnout as the pandemic worsened over the past week,” a real estate agent said. “The volatility of the US stock market has also had an impact on buyer sentiment.”
Wheelock had better luck last weekend, when buyers turned up in droves to snap up Hong Kong’s first residential property launch in two months, helped by generous discounts.
The flats on sale this weekend were mostly two and three-bedroom units from 472 square feet to 1,061 sq ft (98 square metres), priced between HK$6.8 million and up to HK$17 million (US$2.2 million). On a per square foot basis, this weekend’s sale averaged HK$15,679 after discounts, 1 per cent cheaper than Wheelock’s project in the same vicinity launched last August.
The shaky sentiment shows how Hong Kong’s property market is still struggling to find a footing, amid a combination of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and a global stock market rout that are pushing the city’s economy into its first recession in a decade. Hong Kong’s economy is projected to shrink 7.5 per cent in the second quarter, putting it on track for a 4.8 per cent decline this year, according to Standard Chartered Global Research.
The last new property launch in Hong Kong was Henderson Land Development’s The Richmond in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, launched on January 21 just before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday, and before the coronavirus outbreak in central China took a turn for the worse. Buyers snapped up all of the 45 flats on offer in two sale sessions, showing a strong demand for smaller new project in the swanky neighbourhood. The flats ranged from 206 to 300 sq ft and were priced between HK$6.3 million and HK$9.7 million.
The market has gone into hibernation since, as developers and sales agents alike refrained from putting on sales launches amid the worsening outbreak, which kept many people at home away from crowded public places. Hundreds of real property agents quit, or converted into non-salaried salespeople to survive the long haul, as the drought in transactions dents their take-home pay. Hong Kong’s de facto central bank cut its base lending rate to a near record low on Monday, following the second emergency cut in as many weeks by the US Federal Reserve to bolster the American economy from a looming recession, as the global coronavirus pandemic showed no sign of slowing.
The city’s retail sales, and overall consumption are in the doldrums as job prospects appear dismal in an economy squeezed by more than a year of the US-China trade war, many months of anti-government protests and now, the coronavirus pandemic. Four people have died from Covid-19, with more than 250 people catching the virus as of Saturday afternoon.
A mortgage brokerage services company providing mortgage packages that cover up to 80 per cent of the overall payment for houses that are worth HK$8.3 million or less.
Wheelock’s sales haul this weekend, at 80 per cent, came exactly within the expectations of sales agents, who pointed out that there was still ample supply of apartments in the neighbourhood.
Homebuyers are mostly interested in smaller flats for their own use, as the low interest rate environment in Hong Kong has made housing more affordable, agents said.
(South China Morning Post)
旺角金鑽璽呎價9785元「鞋王」李子彬沽售商廈
新冠肺炎肆虐，加上近期股票市場連番波動，拖累鋪位市場頻錄蝕讓個案，當中「樓上鋪」為重災區，由「鞋王」李子彬持有的旺角金鑽璽兩層單位以5200萬成交，持貨7年帳面勁蝕約4258萬。
旺角金鑽璽「樓上鋪」錄大幅蝕讓個案，土地註冊處資料顯示，彌敦道703號金鑽璽4樓及5樓，於上月21日以5200萬易手，買家以旅港番禺會所登記，原業主為李子彬(LEETZEBUNMARCES)，與鞋履品牌LeSaunda老闆中英文名相同，於2013年以每層4729.46萬購入，合共涉資9458.9萬，故持貨7年，帳面勁蝕約4258.9萬，物業期間貶值約81%；據業內人士指出，上述兩層單位面積約5314方呎計，平均呎價僅9785元。
持貨七年貶值81%
代理指出，受新冠肺炎肆虐，加上近期股票市場連番波動，令鋪市飽受壓力，上址原業主於鋪位市場高峰期購入物業，由於當時鋪位造價「水漲船高」，帶動「樓上鋪」備受追捧，惟該類物業市場遠遜於地鋪，加上現時鋪市陰霾密布，對是次蝕讓不感意外，是次成交價亦僅屬市價水平。
另外，民生區地鋪亦錄蝕讓成交，盛滙商舖基金管理有限公司行政總裁李根興表示，大角嘴富榮花園地鋪，面積約581方呎，早前以2800萬放售，受近期市況拖累，減價至1738萬成交，減價幅度約37%，原業主於2011年以1778萬購入，持貨9年，帳面微蝕約40萬。據悉，該鋪現時由政黨租用，租金回報約3.4厘。
市場消息指出，翠華餐廳設於中環威靈頓街17至19號鋪，將於短期內結業，據悉，該鋪租約至本年10月份，租金為130萬，以鋪位面積8161方呎計，平均呎租約159元。
富臨全幢逾二億獲洽
葵涌藍田街29號富臨中心全幢，獲準買家積極洽購，出價逾2億元，物業包括地下至7樓，現有總樓面約36131方呎，平均呎價8026元，項目佔地約5000方呎，按地積比約9.5倍，可重建樓面約47500方呎，項目已獲批可作商店及服務用途。該物業由富臨集團持有，於2018年4月以1.75億購入。
(星島日報)
港島甲廈空置率 2月普遍上升
根據代理的數據顯示，2月份金鐘、銅鑼灣、中環、上環及灣仔五區甲級商廈整體空置率升幅約0.02至0.8個百分點不等，當中金鐘區升幅最大，更一舉升破6%水平，由1月份的5.32%上升至最新約6.12%。而上環區甲廈雖然空置率對比金鐘較低，2月錄得約4.88%，但單月升幅緊追其後，有約0.76百分點。
金鐘力寶中心 空置率逾8%
至於港島核心區包括中上環、金鐘及灣仔共14座指標商廈，當中9幢甲廈空置率皆錄得升幅，其中金鐘港鐵站上蓋的力寶中心一及二座全面超越8%，2月最新空置率約8.2%及8.54%，較1月份的約6.69%及6.18%，分別上升1.51及2.36個百分點。
另一甲廈統一中心空置率升至雙位數，2月空置率錄得約10.45%，按月上升約1.96百分點；而早前錄得新低呎租成交的美國銀行中心空置率為統計指標商廈中最高，2月該廈空置率約18.61%，單月升幅同約1.96百分點。
該代理認為，去年下半年受社會事件影響，個別企業已放緩承租寫字樓步伐，而近期新冠肺炎疫情來勢洶洶，整體市場觀望氣氛持續濃厚。同時，由於港島指標甲級商廈的租金對比二綫區商廈為高，加上近年不少地區全新優質商廈落成，令個別企業陸續把辦公室遷出中區核心地段的商廈以節省租金成本，令港島區指標商廈空置率逐步上升。該行指，面對空置率持續遞增，個別業主心態回軟，議價空間進一步擴大，因而令市場陸續錄得甲廈租金下調甚至創新低個案，部分準租客觀望意慾增，加上現時香港營商環境面臨重大挑戰，「去中環化」概念漸見衍生，長遠而言對港島區甲廈租務倍添壓力，料空置率會繼續上升。
(經濟日報)
觀塘 全層作價1.85億COACH每呎1.1萬元沽貨
近期市況雖淡靜，有零售商亦沽售自用甲廈，觀塘絲寶國際大廈中層全層以逾1.85億易手，平均每呎逾1.1萬，重返七年前水平，原業主為國際品牌手袋零售商COACH，將售後租回單位，新買家料回報逾3.1厘。
市場消息透露，觀塘偉業街108號絲寶國際大廈15樓全層，另連2個車位，以1.852億易手，以全層建築面積約16841方呎計算，平均呎價1.1萬，同座高一層面積一樣的全層單位，於2013年以約1.852億售出，呎價亦是1.1萬，今番COACH沽貨，售價重回7年前水平。
據悉，COACH售後租回3年，呎租29元，新買家料回報逾3.1厘。
重返七年前水平
該廈於2018年高峰期，平均呎價普遍高逾1.5萬，今番較高峰期回落26%。COACH於2011年2月向新地購入該全層，作價1.015億，持貨9年，帳面獲利8050萬，物業升值79%。
新地早於2010年拆售絲寶國際大廈，當時呎價近6000元，同年4月，新地以10.68億沽出該廈18至23樓、25至28樓，共10層樓面，連同多個車位及大廈廣告位，呎價約6200元(包車位及廣告)，買家為內地企業絲寶集團，故該廈亦以該公司名稱命名。及後數年，隨着經濟好轉，自由行盛行，甲廈價格急升，直至2013年初，該廈呎價普遍逾1萬。
此外，甲廈再錄承租，中環美國銀行中心3404室，面積約2435方呎，以每方呎約65元租出。上環信德中心西翼1006A室，面積約1000方呎，以每方呎55元租出。
美國銀行中心每呎65元租出
代理表示，天后電氣道68至70號的銀座式商廈金輪新天地，今年初入伙，其中，3樓全層獲西餐廳以每方呎約40元承租，作擴張業務，月租逾11萬。3樓為特色樓層，面積約2778方呎，附有約350方呎露台，代理續說，該租客在港島及九龍東有分店，是次選址金輪新天地開設第三間分店。
代理續稱，金輪新天地業主將保留最高兩層27及28樓自用，9至12樓意向呎租28元，附2個月免租期，每層面積約2778方呎，適合零售、醫療或美容業。地下、1至2樓可作食肆，地鋪面積約3200方呎，叫租每方呎約105元，1樓面積約3238方呎，意向呎租約68元，2樓面積約3546方呎，呎租約47元。
(星島日報)
甲廈租金有所調整，消息指，內地海航集團租用尖沙咀K11 ATELIER商廈單位，呎租約85元，較高峰期跌約2成。
較高峰期回落約2成
市場消息指，尖沙咀K11 ATELIER錄租務成交，涉及物業中層，面積約9,557平方呎，以每平方呎約85元租出。據悉，新租客為內地海航集團。
按呎租水平計，較高峰期回落。物業於兩年前入伙，租務理想，租金更成為尖沙咀指標。如去年中，一家本地公司租用該廈中高層05室，面積約3,560平方呎，呎租約110元，為該廈呎租紀錄，亦是九龍區指標。另一宗租務為大廈7樓全層，面積約2.7萬平方呎，去年以每平方呎約110元租出。新租客為外資共享工作空間品牌CEO SUITE。由於市況轉弱，機構擴充意慾低，加上個別縮減業務，令整體甲廈租務淡靜，空置率上升，故整體租金下跌。按是次成交租金計，較高峰期跌約2成。
另消息指，中環美國銀行中心高層04室，面積約2,435平方呎，以每呎約65元租出；另上環信德中心西翼中低層06A室，面積約1,000平方呎，成交呎租約55元。
(經濟日報)
黄竹坑8商業項目 供逾200萬呎樓面
隨着港鐵南港島綫通車後，加快黃竹坑轉型作商貿區的發展步伐，區內有8個發展項目陸續上馬，預計可提供逾200萬平方呎商業樓面供應，其中最大規模為黃竹坑站3期大型商場。
黃竹坑道一帶以往為工業發展為主，隨着不少工業活動北移至內地，加上港鐵南港島綫通車後，從黃竹坑前往中環、金鐘等核心商業區的距離時間收窄，使該區商業發展的潛力日增，不少工廈及巴士廠用地將逐漸轉型作其他用途，包括商廈、商場等。
黄竹坑站3期商場 料走中高檔路綫
其中，位於南朗山道、警校道及香葉道交界的黃竹坑站上蓋項目，預計可興建14幢住宅大廈，提供約4,700伙，其中第3期商住項目將包括一個樓面面積約50.6萬平方呎的大型商場，將由港鐵 (00066) 經營，預期最快2024年落成。由於鄰近大多數為豪宅項目，市場估計商場未來定位會以中高檔次為主。
帝國集團3項目 涉資逾60億
與此同時，近年有多家發展商積極進駐區內發展。當中以帝國集團以獨資及合資在區內持有3個商業項目發展，料可提供約72萬平方呎商用樓面，涉資共約60億元。
包括就天豐工業大廈進行收購，已統一全數業權，預計項目可重建樓面約27.4萬平方呎，並亦以15.6億元全幢購入仁孚香港仔車廠項目，可建樓面約16.4萬平方呎。
同時，帝國集團在2016年夥拍信置 (00083) 以25.3億元投得業勤街商貿地皮，樓面面積涉及約28.5萬平方呎，計劃發展興建成27層甲級商廈，另按地契要求預留部分樓面作藝術文化中心等設施。
另一間中小型發展商宏基資本 (02288)前年亦以14.8億元購入黃竹坑道23號的標達中心。該工廈已經獲屋宇署批出拆樓紙，將會重建成商廈，提供約10.7萬平方呎樓面。
至於由太古地產 (01972) 與中華汽車 (00026)合作發展的黃竹坑道8至10號前中巴車廠地皮，已發展成28層高新商廈，名為South Island
Place，樓面約38.3萬平方呎，並獲得國際知名機構洽租其中7至8層樓面，涉及面積逾15萬平方呎。
(經濟日報)
鄧成波購紅磡簡悅酒店理想集團3.5億沽貨
在反修例運動及肺炎夾擊下，酒店生意淡薄，投資老手趁勢吸納，紅磡寶其利街簡悅酒店全幢，以3.5億易手，平均呎價1.35萬，買家為「鋪王波叔」鄧成波。
上址為寶其利街179至181號簡悅酒店全幢，佔地約1612方呎，現址樓高16層，擁有房間54個，總樓面約25792方呎，以成交價3.5億計算，平均呎價約13570元，據了解，該項目雖然是酒店，惟租客以月租為主，物業連租約易手，新買家鄧成波以買公司形式購入物業，得以節省物業價格8.5%的釐印費，涉資大約2975萬。
平均呎價1.35萬
有代理指出，上址與港鐵何文田站距離，步程僅3分鐘，與紅磡站步程約5分鐘，由於極具地利，租客不乏學生及優皮一族，新買家購入後，將物業重新包裝及提高回報。
原業主為理想集團，於2012年8月以星誠有限公司名義，分別購入上述的179及181號，作價各4960萬，合共9920萬，持貨逾7年，帳面獲利逾2.508億，物業升值逾2.52倍。
傳波叔9280萬沽華景園
近期在肺炎疫情下，酒店業受重創，鄧成波及兒子鄧耀昇卻頻出手，近期亦承租灣仔摩理臣山道39號晉逸時代精品酒店，月租125萬，租約長達6年，新租金較舊租金大減50%，物業樓高26層，總樓面約55238方呎，共有98間客房，舊租客以250.8萬承租，租期至明年，早前提早結業。
由鄧成波持有的淺水灣華景園1座高層A室，面積2482方呎，市傳以9280萬連3個車位沽出，呎價約37389元。鄧成波於13年用公司股權轉讓方式購入，當時作價約8780萬購，帳面賺500萬離場。本報昨日致電鄧成波查詢，惟截稿前未聯絡得上。
近期工商鋪成交處低水平。有代理統計指出，3月截至16日，上半月市場暫錄約91宗工商鋪買賣，較上周同期微跌約15%；金額約29.58億，比上月升逾1倍，鋪位買賣暫錄約23宗成交，涉資約10.62億元，兩者皆超越2月同期數字。
(星島日報)
中環香港鑽石會大廈 全層合中小用戶
中環核心商業區內單位供應少，全層單位更為少有。都爹利街香港鑽石會大廈單位全層面積約2,000多呎，細面積全層單位方便中小型企業作總部使用。
香港鑽石會大廈位於都爹利街，最著名的為與雪廠街連接之處有一條花崗石樓梯與4枝煤氣燈，煤氣燈為全香港僅餘的最後一枝煤氣燈，被列為香港法定古迹。
項目於1981年落成，至今樓齡39年，樓高約25層。電梯大堂以白色設計，典雅大方，設有2部載客升降機，另外設1部載貨升降機，有效分散人流。
交通方面，大廈地下設有停車場，有5個私家車位，提供電動車充電設備，方便自駕人士出入。而項目步行至中環地鐵站，只為一街之隔，約5分鐘可到達。項目亦比鄰置地廣場等區內地標，日常消閒購物選擇齊全，亦可經由置地廣場行人天橋到達香港站，及國際金融中心一帶，相當方便。
每層2750呎 可分間兩單位
大廈每層面積約2,750平方呎，屬中型單位，大多業戶選擇以全層作總部使用，亦可選擇將全層單位分間成2個約千餘呎單位使用。
樓底高度約2.9米，故空間感十足，加上單位內設有大窗戶，令室內更為開揚光猛。項目大部分單位外望上亞厘畢道及下亞厘畢道，可享半山一帶景致，景觀開揚。每層均設有男女洗手間，如非全層使用，需與其他業戶共同使用洗手間。
香港鑽石會大廈業戶種類多元化，較為著名的業戶有香港珠石玉器金銀首飾業商會、香港特約秘書公會等，另外亦有貿易公司及律師行等。
對上成交 呎價3.5萬
項目買賣交投疏落，對上一宗成交要追溯至2018年，成交單位屬15樓全層，單位面積2,750平方呎，成交價9,625萬元，呎價3.5萬元。參考近日區內成交，德和中心一個高層全層單位，面積1,168平方呎，以1,580萬元售出，呎價13,527元，呎價反映項目位置優勢。
(經濟日報)
資策5.5億購淺水灣屋地鍾楚義：買入作重建用途
豪宅市場再錄大額成交，消息指，由廖創興家族持有的淺水灣道92號屋地，目前以約5.5億沽出，呎價約6.1萬，新買家為資本策略，並以買賣公司形式購入，並將斥資約2億作重建。
市場消息指，淺水灣道92號屋地，由資本策略以約5.5億購入，並以買賣公司形式易手，故此新買家不用支付釐印費。
每呎樓面6.1萬
資本策略主席鍾楚義接受本報查詢時則回應，現階段尚未決定該物業的發展定案，但將斥資約2億作重建。
斥資兩億重建
該屋地的地盤面積約1萬方呎，地積比率約0.9倍，以可建樓面約9000方呎計，呎價約6.1萬。據土地註冊處資料顯示，廖創興家族早於81年以800萬易手，並以RESOUNDING SUCCESS LIMITED名義持有，現時董事為廖金輝及廖陳嘉綿，目前轉手，帳面獲利5.42億。
據悉，物業前方沒有建築物遮擋，相信項目重建後可享開揚淺水灣海景。
原由廖創興家族持有
資本策略鍾情於發展豪宅，旗下豪宅物業包括渣甸山白建時道皇第，山頂白加道45號，及山頂道8至12號。其中，白加道項目為1幢實用面積逾4000方呎洋房，預計今年以現樓形式推出，前身為一座建於上世紀30年代的大宅，2010年獲評為二級歷史建築，資策於2011年斥約2億元向黃克競家族購入，於2014年獲批准重建，且需保留向街外牆原貌。
帳面賺5.42億
另外，資本策略不時購入港島豪宅，於2017年以「買殼」形式購入渣甸山軒德蓀道一幅相連屋地，市場作價約10億，並從而擴大其在渣甸山的版圖。據悉，位於渣甸山軒德蓀道11、12號的相連屋地，兩地盤分別佔地10149及10496方呎，以地積比率0.6倍計算，可重建樓面約6089方呎及6298方呎。
(星島日報)
甲廈租金重返四年前水平
新冠肺炎演變成為環球疫症，市場憂慮經濟衰退，寫字樓市場受沉重打擊。近期，核心區甲廈租金普遍重返四年前水平。
企業縮減規模
市場負面因素充斥，國際油價急跌，市場擔心加劇全球經濟大衰退，與股市及經濟表現關連甚大商廈市場，前景絕不樂觀。現時，企業有見市場面對逼在眉睫的經濟危機，擴張變得更謹慎，部分中資外資，更紛將辦公室規模減少，對於今年寫字樓租金及售價構成嚴重壓力。
近期，金鐘、中環以至上環區內指標甲廈，租金紛創下近年新低，金鐘力寶中心呎租43.8元，區內海富中心每方呎40元，上環信德中心呎租亦是42元，可是呎租40元，是不少甲廈用家在現階段，仍能負擔得起的水平。
遠東金融中心防守力較強
比較特別的是，過往呎租高於上述商廈20%至30%的美國銀行中心，新近亦錄呎租42元及47元，原因是除了大市因素，亦由於該廈附近有兩個地盤動工，包括和記大廈及美利道「地王」，都處施工階段，噪音令租客卻步。代理指，長綫來說，該廈質素沒有變，地盤動工影響屬短暫。至於遠東金融中心租金防守力較強，近期一個望街單位，以每方呎約60元租出。
(星島日報)
Repulse Bay home goes on market for $500m
A site in Repulse Bay owned by the Liu Chong-hing family could sell for HK$500 million or HK$66,7000 per square feet to CSI Properties (0497).
The site on 92 Repulse Bay Road has been on the market since last July, with the family purchasing the 10,000-sq-ft site which has a three-level house for HK$8 million in 1981.
Meanwhile, the 25,000 sq-ft ultra-prime house at 89 Repulse Bay Road, owned by Leung Leung-shing, the richest man in Hubei Province, previously topped the most expensive houses in Hong Kong for five years but saw its rental value has fallen 3.6 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department.
The estimated annual rental value of his house in Repulse Bay Road reached HK$13.01 million, with monthly rent at HK$1.08 million.
In another news, Wheelock Properties released the fifth price list of Ocean Marini in Tseung Kwan O, offering 51 units with the average selling price of HK$16,383, 12 percent more expansive than the first batch.
The project offers two to four-bedroom flats, ranging from 539 to 1,062 sq ft, with 98 percent being sea-view flats. There are two featured flats, including a platform and a rooftop. The discounted selling price is between HK$8.44 million to HK$17.76 million. The developers expected the price list could cash out HK$660 million.
Over the weekend, the developer sold 188 out of 208 flats in the previous batch for the Ocean Marini.
(The Standard)
Primary sales the bright spot in property market
Homebuyers piled into the primary
market over the past weekend despite the coronavirus outbreak, with Wheelock
Properties selling 188 out of 208 flats on offer at Ocean Marini in Tseung Kwan
O on Saturday, but secondary transactions at ten blue-chip estates slumped
almost 50 percent week-on-week.
Wheelock Properties released 51
flats in the fourth price list of Ocean Marini at Lohas Park, which are offered
at an average HK$15,988 per sq ft, 8.8 percent higher than that of the first
batch.
The 51 flats, which range in size
between 472 sq ft and 799 sq ft, are offered at between HK$7.46 million and
HK$13.21 million, or between HK$15,076 per sq ft and HK$17,742 per sq ft, after
discounts.
Wheelock pocketed around HK$1.8
billion after selling a total of 211 units at Ocean Marini, Grand Marini and
Marini at Lohas Park on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Wing Tai Properties (0369)
sold a 1,094-sq-ft penthouse at Oma Oma in Tuen Mun for HK$18.9 million, or
HK$17,276 per sq ft.
In the rentals market, a 420-sq-ft
flat at The Arch at Kowloon Station was rented for HK$19,000 per month, or
HK$45.2 per sq ft, after HK$9,000 was cut from the original asking rent. And a
two-bedroom flat at Metro Harbour View in Tai Kok Tsui was leased for
HK$11,500, or HK$35 per sq ft, after HK$3,000 was cut from the initial asking
rent.
In the secondary market, an real
estate agency firm recorded only eight secondary transactions at ten major
housing estates over the past weekend, down by 46.7 percent from a week before.
Laguna City in Kwun Tong, Whampoa
Garden in Hung Hom, City One Shatin in Sha Tin, Taikoo Shing and Kornhill in
Quarry Bay saw no secondary transactions.
In Tseung Kwan O, a 538-sq-ft flat
at The Wings changed hands for HK$9.6 million, after HK$2.4 million, or 20
percent, was slashed from the initial asking price.
In Shau Kei Wan, a 429-sq-ft flat at
Lime Gala fetched HK$9.5 million, or HK$22,619 per sq ft, after HK$400,000 was
cut from the first asking price.
In the commercial property market,
the vacancy rate of Grade A offices in Admiralty rose to 6.12 percent in
February, up by 0.8 percentage points month-on-month and hitting a six-year
high, as the Covid-19 outbreak continued to weigh on the office market,
according to a real estate agent.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong homebuyers snap up first new property project in
two months, lured by discounts and falling interest rates
Hong Kong’s homebuyers snapped up
the city’s first fresh property launch in two months, attracted by discounts
and expectations of lower interest rates, even as the ongoing coronavirus
outbreak continued to weigh on business and retail sentiments.
Wheelock Properties said it sold 187
of the 208 flats, or 90 per cent of the units on offer at the Ocean Marini
project in Tseung Kwan O as of 9pm on Saturday, for a sales haul of HK$1.59
billion (US$204 million).
The flats were mostly two and
three-bedroom units ranging from 459 square feet to 1,062 sq ft (98 square
metres), priced between HK$6.6 million (US$848,727) and HK$17.7 million. On
average, the flats were sold at HK$15,698 per sq ft after discount, 1 per cent
cheaper than Wheelock’s project in the same neighbourhood launched last August.
The developer separately sold 11 apartments at the Marini project and 13 units
at the Grand Marini.
Customers were mostly buying the
flats for their own use, as opposed to buying them as investments, and many of
them were attracted by the trend of falling interest rates, which they expect
to translate into lower mortgage payments, agents said.
“Most clients are buying the flats
for themselves to live in, because it’s better to pay the mortgage of your own
flat than the rent during a low-interest rate environment,” agent said.
The brisk sale by Wheelock, one of
Hong Kong’s largest developers, is a much-needed shot in the arm for a city
deep in its first technical recession in more than a decade. Retail sales, and
overall consumption are in the doldrums as job prospects appear dismal in an
economy squeezed by more than a year of the US-China trade war, many months of
anti-government protests and now, the coronavirus pandemic
. Four people have died from
Covid-19, with about 140 people catching the virus as of Saturday evening.
“Given the heated response to Ocean
Marini, the company is considering putting more apartments onto the market
soon,” Wheelock said in a statement.
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank
cut its base lending rate by half a percentage point on March 4, following an
emergency cut by the US Federal Reserve to ward off the economic impact from
the coronavirus outbreak. The US Fed is widely expected to cut its key rate by
at least another 50 basis points on March 18, which would compel the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA) to follow in lockstep.
A mortgage brokerage services
company providing mortgage packages that cover up to 80 per cent of the overall
payment for houses that are worth HK$8.3 million or less.
Before Ocean Marini, the last new
project put on the market was apartments at The Richmond in the Mid-Levels on
Hong Kong Island. The project was launched by Henderson Land Development on
January 21.
Buyers snapped up all of the 45
flats on offer in two sale sessions, showing a strong demand for smaller new
project in the swanky neighbourhood. The flats ranged from 206 to 300 sq ft and
were priced between HK$6.3 million and HK$9.7 million.
(South China Morning
Post)
環球疫症恐慌 甲廈租售價勢跌
疫症持續更蔓延至全球，商廈租務需求降，租金下跌，個別業主亦看淡後市，令售價亦明顯調整，相信短期內持續回調。
投資氣氛持續淡靜，甲廈買賣跌至極少。據代理統計，1月份十大商廈僅錄1宗買賣，成交可謂冰封。涉及買賣屬業主降價，中環美國銀行中心2812室，面積約1,354平方呎，以3900萬易手，呎價約28,800元，單位以交吉交易。原業主於1999年購入，持貨逾20年，有見最近疫情令市況增添很多不明朗因素，最終決定沽出。
中環美國銀行中心 租售均低價成交
按呎價計，屬該廈近4年新低，亦屬4年首度呎價跌穿3萬元。2016年，物業2801至03室，面積約4,132平方呎，以約1.16億元成交，呎價約28,150元。該廈對上一宗買賣成交為去年12月，物業中層單位，面積約1,137平方呎，以約4,880萬元易手，呎價約42,920元。
買賣淡靜，租務方面則連錄多宗低價成交，如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，業主原以每呎70元放租，其後減至56元，直至近日以每呎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。
金鐘指標商廈業主 降租兩成
同區海富中心租金向下，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，對上一宗呎租40餘元成交，為2016年9月。
代理分析，在環球經濟不明下，投資氣氛受打擊，普遍業主持貨力強，沒有大幅降價，僅有個別業主看淡後市，願減價2至3成，惟個案不多，故成交量低。該代理認為，在疫情持續下，租務氣氛淡靜，業主減租幅度相對明顯，如金鐘多幢指標商廈，呎租由60至70元，降至40至50元，幅度約兩成，代理預計短期內甲廈租售價仍回調。
(經濟日報)
尖區乙級商廈呎租22元疫情股災拖累租金重回五年前
新冠肺炎肆虐，令市場觀望氣氛濃厚，加上近日股票市場連番波動，令商廈租金拾級而下，消息指，由資深投資者持有的尖沙嘴國際商業信貸銀行大廈中層單位，面積5047方呎，以每呎22租出，較舊租金急挫逾5成；業內人士指出，上述租金較市價低約兩成，並重回五年前水平。
核心區商廈租金持續下滑。市場消息指出，尖沙嘴國際商業信貸銀行大廈中層單位，面積5047方呎，以每方呎22元租出；據悉，上址早前由火鍋中菜館以每呎45元承租，故新租金較舊租金下跌約51%。
國際商業信貸銀行大廈中層
據土地註冊處資料顯示，上址業主於2002年以2260萬購入，以公司名義持有，註冊董事為一名資深投資者。
較舊租急挫逾五成
據區內代理指出，受社會運動於去年年中爆發，加上近期新冠肺炎及股票市場連番波動影響，令核心區商廈租金飽受壓力，上述租金較市價低約兩成，並重回五年前水平。據代理資料顯示，上述商廈對上一宗承租於去年9月，該廈中層單位面積約5047方呎，17.9萬租出，平均呎租約36元。
中環中心呎租85元
雖然市場觀望氣氛濃厚，惟甲廈仍頻錄承租個案，消息指，中環中心中層08室，面積約2121方呎，以18.2萬續租，平均呎租約85元；另外，金鐘甲廈力寶中心1座高層03室，面積約2263方呎，以113.57萬租出，平均呎租約60元。市場消息指出，尖沙嘴新港中心1座高層2A室，面積約588方呎，以約3.3萬續租，平均呎租約56.12元。
另一方面，工廈物業仍備受追捧，再錄大手成交。據土地註冊處資料顯示，荃灣富源工業大廈地下全層，於本月3日5500萬成交，買家以公司名義登記，為SINO KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED，以面積6000方呎計，平均呎價約9167元。
(星島日報)
力寶中心每呎43.8元租出重回四年前水平
受多項不明朗因素困擾，拖累商廈租金持續下滑，消息指，金鐘力寶中心中層單位以每呎租金43.8元租出，低市價約一成，租金重回4年前水平。
市場消息指出，金鐘力寶中心一座中層03至04室，面積約4700方呎，以每呎43.8元租出，涉資約20萬5860元；據區內代理指出，上述租金較市價低約一成，並重回4年前水平。
低市價約10%
據代理資料顯示，該廈對上一宗承租個案於上月17日，為1座高層單位，面積2263方呎，以每呎65元租出，涉資約14萬7095元，與最近承租租金相比，折讓逾三成；若貼近是次租金水平，需追溯至2016年6月，當時該廈1座低層單位，面積約3125方呎，以14萬3750元租出，平均呎租約46元。
消息指，北角友邦廣場高層05至08室，面積約5883方呎，以每呎58元租出，涉資約34萬1214元；另外，尖沙咀中心高層A室，面積1906方呎，以每呎45元租出，涉資約85770元；同區商廈星光行亦錄承租個案，市場消息指出，該廈中層23B室，面積約200方呎，以每呎32.5元租出，涉資約6500元。
(星島日報)
尖沙嘴余仁生中心放售全層意向呎價1.7萬
股市連番波動，觀望氣氛進一步蔓延，部分業主放售旗下商廈物業，尖沙嘴余仁生中心全層單位，面積約1978方呎，以意向價3300萬放售，平均呎價約1.7萬，買家料享回報約3厘水平。
代理表示，上述放售物業為尖沙嘴漆咸道南11至15號余仁生中心低層全層，面積約1978方呎，意向售價約3300萬，折合呎價約1.7萬。該代理續指出，雖然市場近期受多項利淡素夾擊，惟部分商廈業主持貨力強，議幅未見擴闊，該放售單位方正實用，享開揚景致，料回報約3厘，屬不俗水平。
料回報三厘
該代理續指出，該商廈位處區內核心地段，鄰近港鐵尖東站，周邊亦有多條巴士綫往來各區。大廈附近商廈林立，可成協同效應，隨着高鐵西九龍站及西九文化區等大型建設相繼落成，料區內物業將備受追捧，預料是次放盤將短期內獲投資者吸納。
據代理資料顯示，該商廈對上一宗成交追溯至2016年10月，該商高層全層，面積約996方呎，以1728萬成交，平均呎價約17349元。
(星島日報)
加路連山道商地 挑戰百億地王
下年度賣地表新增多幅商業用地，其中銅鑼灣加路連山道商業地可建樓面高達107.6萬平方呎，屬區內難得大型商業地供應，有測量師認為作寫字樓及商場綜合發展較佳，估值162億至269億元，挑戰成「百億地王」。
規劃署早於10多年提出將銅鑼灣前機電工程署舊總部、郵政體育會、電訊盈科康樂會及前民安隊大樓等組成的大型用地改劃，擬分為南、北兩幅地皮發展。其中北面地盤便是今次的加路連山道地皮，佔地15.9萬平方呎，預計可提供約107.6萬平方呎商業樓面。
可建兩幢商廈 提供107萬呎
據分區大綱圖顯示，該地建築物高限將獲放寬至主水平基準以上135米，與附近商廈高度相同，計劃可興建兩幢28至35層高商廈，其中一幢可遠望維多利亞公園一帶景致。
該地規定要將部分樓面留作興建一所地區康復中心及幼兒中心，以及不少於125個停車位的公眾停車場，以及小巴等公共交通上落客設施，並須提供最少近6.5萬平方呎公眾休憩用地。同時要預留地下接駁口，以連接未來的地下行人通道，通往銅鑼灣港鐵站等。綜合市場估值162億至269億元，每呎樓面地價約1.5萬至2.5萬元。
南面地盤 建新法院綜合大樓
至於南面地盤，政府將會興建兩幢新法院綜合大樓，重置灣仔區域法院，也會容納家事法庭及土地審裁處等，樓面約75.3萬平方呎，整個發展預計2026年完成。由於地皮仍處改劃階段，估計最快下半年度或明年才推出。
有測量師認為，港島區大型商地供應少，今次地皮近民居，也較近利園山道，預計適合作綜合性發展，視乎地契要求，作寫字樓及商場組合發展較適合。區內也有多個大地主，相信吸引財團爭奪。
銅鑼灣近年區內全幢商廈買賣不多，例如鄰近的開平道Cubus在2017年中以約20億元易手，呎價約2.9萬元。而糖街27至31號兩廈同年亦以16.8億元獲華潤集團買入，呎價約2.7萬元，計劃重建。
屬銅鑼灣大地主之一的希慎 (00014)，在地皮周邊有多個商業項目，包括希慎廣場及禮頓中心等，當中利園3期平均呎租達60至75元。
(經濟日報)
Investments in Hong Kong’s offices, shops and homes slowed to a standstill as Covid-19 outbreak adds to market’s woes
Investments in Hong Kong’s real estate are almost at a standstill, as the global coronavirus outbreak exacerbated the slumping sentiment from half a year of anti-government protests and the ongoing US-China trade war.
February’s transactions declined 13 per cent from last year to 3,572 deals, the lowest monthly tally in four years, comprising both newly launched property and lived-in homes, according to estimates by a real estate agency firm. On the high end of the property market involving offices, shops or homes exceeding HK$100 million (US$12.87 million) in value, only 17 deals changed hands last month, the lowest since 2009 while the average deal size shrank 44.1 per cent to a decade low of HK$235.3 million.
“There is a lack of incentives for transactions,” an agent. “Landlords want to wait until the coronavirus situation eases before selling their property and have stronger holding power due to low interest rates.”
The data underscores the market’s gloomy outlook, as the bull run in the world’s most expensive real estate market stumbled after many months of anti-government protests sapped appetite. Now, as the coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of letting up, few buyers dare to venture into sales rooms or commit to big-ticket purchases.
The last weekend offered the latest sign of gloom: China Evergrande sold 49 of the 141 flats on offer at its Emerald Bay project in Tuen Mun, even after the developer increased its average discount to 14 per cent. The sales slump was the city’s first major launch in two months, further weighing down on home prices, which have fallen 7.6 per cent this month from a record last May.
“We are just starting to enter a down cycle, unlike the severe acute respiratory syndrome [outbreak in 2003] when we were coming to the end of the down cycle since 1997,” another agent said, adding that the agent expects prices in the mass-market and mid-market segments to drop by 10 to 15 per cent this year. That could generate interest in buyers, the agent said.
Hong Kong’s home prices slipped 6.5 per cent in February from its August 2018 peak before the city was engulfed by anti-government protests, according to a property price index compiled by a real estate agency. In comparison, home prices plunged by as much as 70 per cent during the 2003 Sars outbreak from their 1997 peak.
An agent said that Hong Kong’s current shortage of land and homes, combined with the backdrop of declining interest rate and easier mortgage rules, could provide a strong support for home prices.
Declining home prices may find a floor if the current Covid-19 outbreak stabilises by June or July, according to a forecast by an international agency firm, adding that first-half transactions may drop 10 per cent to 22,720 from the second half of 2019.
In the luxury segment, local and mainland Chinese high net worth individuals have “virtually stopped all dealings” and opted to diversify in overseas markets, the agent said in February. These potential buyers are likely to turn cautious on investment as business prospects and economic conditions weaken in Hong Kong, which would pull luxury prices down by another 5 to 10 per cent for the year.
“Investors want to hunt for bargains before buying, because factors such as the trade war, last year’s social unrest and the current coronavirus situation have pushed home prices down,” the agent said.
(South China Morning Post)
More Ocean Marini flats go on the market
Wheelock and Company (0020) released 60 flats in the third price list for Ocean Marini at Lohas Park yesterday, offered at an average of HK$15,698 per square foot after discounts. The developer had received 1,500 checks as of Monday for the 202 flats released in the first two price lists, 6.4 times oversubscribed.
The project will provide a total of 503 units, with most of them being two-bedroom and three-bedroom flats.
Meanwhile, CK Asset (1113) will raise the prices of 30 flats at Seaside Sonata in Sham Shui Po by 2 percent, and the first five buyers who purchased designated residential properties will be entitled to receive one gold ingot in the value of HK$98,000 for each residential property purchased.
In the commercial property market, a street shop with a gross floor area of 800 square feet on Yiu Wa Street in Causeway Bay changed hands for HK$34 million, or HK$42,500 per sq ft, after HK$86 million was slashed from the initial asking price.
In the secondary market, a 522-sq-ft flat at Sky Tower in To Kwa Wan fetched HK$8.7 million, or HK$16,667 per sq ft, after HK$2.1 million was cut from the original asking price.
A 705-sq-ft flat at Lohas Park Phase 1 The Capitol sold for HK$8.9 million or HK$12,624 per sq ft, after HK$800,000 was reduced from the first asking price.
In Pak Sha Wan, a 645-sq-ft flat at Heng Fa Chuen changed hands for HK$9.9 million, or HK$15,349 per sq ft, after HK$2.38 million was rubbed off from the initial asking price.
In other news, overall stamp duty raised from home purchases in February dropped 4 percent month-on-month to HK$785.8 million, hitting a six-year low, according to data from the Inland Revenue Department.
The amount of buyer's stamp duty collected surged 18 percent month-on-month to HK$235 million and the amount of double stamp duty applied to residential property transactions plummeted by 10 percent month-on-month to HK$334.4 million.
In the rental market, the average rent of private residential properties dropped 2 percent month-on-month to HK$34.7 per sq ft in February due to the spread of the coronavirus.
(The Standard)
甲廈租售價連跌八個月上環金鐘成重災區
新冠肺炎逐漸演變成為環球大疫症，市場憂慮環球經濟衰退，寫字樓市場受沉重打擊。有代理報告指出，上月指標甲廈售價及租金按月分別再挫1.2%及1.8%，雙雙連跌第8個月，並以上環及金鐘表現最差，紛重返三年前水平。
租售價重返三年前水平
報告指出，上月金鐘甲廈售價按月挫5.3%，是各區表現最差，最新平均呎價僅30869元，較2018年底的38803元高位跌約20%，重返2017年中，即中環美利道地王賣地時水平。
上環甲廈呎價按月無變化，最新呎價僅27381元，也重回2017年中水平，意味着過去2至3年間購入物業的業主，有機會帳面遭遇損失。
金鐘甲廈呎租按月跌2.6%
上月金鐘及上環甲廈呎租分別按月挫2.6%及1.4%，其中美國銀行中心一個單位，以每呎約42元租出，創下該廈十年新低紀錄，同時較該單位舊租金跌33%。
代理指出，新近國際油價突然急跌，市場擔心加劇全球經濟大衰退，與股市及經濟表現關連甚大的商廈市場，前景絕不樂觀。
代理續指，除了環球經濟不明朗之外，近期不少中資外資企業，希望將辦公室的規模減少，而新近一連串逼在眉睫的經濟危機，將令到企業變得更謹慎，預計這將會對今年的寫字樓租金及售價構成嚴重壓力。
代理表示，觀塘鴻圖道44至46號世紀工商中心高層單位，建築面積約5833方呎，業主意向價約3200萬，呎價約5400元。世紀工商中心於1983年入伙，去年買賣及租務約10數宗，代理指，各單位間隔方正實用，設洗手間，配上全新共享工作室裝修，買家可即買即用，同時可放租，回報達4.5厘。
(星島日報)
中環海濱商地王 料建新派商廈
屬於新賣地表內最矚目的中環新海濱3號商業地王，可建樓面逾180萬平方呎。零售前景不明朗，測量師估計，發展商逾6成樓面作寫字樓發展，料興建高度比較矮的新派商廈。
該幅地皮位於怡和大廈對出，比鄰國際金融中心2期 (IFC2)，旁邊是旅遊景點香港摩天輪，佔地近52萬平方呎，按照規劃大綱圖，總可建樓面約184萬平方呎，當中約22.8萬平方呎須作為政府設施，包括重置現時的郵政總局，餘下約160萬平方呎樓面則作為商業發展。
該用地將會成為中環核心區最後一幅超大型商業地，亦將會成為未來的中環海濱地標。有別於現時國際金融中心2期屬於摩天大廈，新海濱地皮料興建一排低矮的商廈。
當中地皮東面部分建築高限為16米(主水平基準以上，下同)，相信比較適合興建數層高的商場，而東面部分高度限制則為50米，預計可以興建8至10層高比較低矮的商廈。
有代理指出，由於規劃上想保留天際綫，所以不會興建太高的商廈，這種新派商廈近年在國際亦流行，包括倫敦的金絲雀碼頭，亦頗受市場歡迎。
至於商業樓面的分配，代理估計，發展商將保留6成至7成樓面作為寫字樓，餘下就作為商場，而視乎中標財團的情況，估計項目落成後寫字樓呎租達140至170元水平。
罕有採「雙信封制」招標
政府罕有就地皮採用「雙信封制」招標，亦即是發展商除了要提交地價競投外，亦要提交設計方案等，政府在審批的時候亦會考慮設計元素，不一定價高者得。
中環對上一幅商業地在2017年5月批出，恒地 (00012) 以232.8億元投得美利道地皮，每呎樓面地價達5萬元。
雖然今次新海濱地王位置更佳，不過規模太大，加上遇上市況影響，估值約645億至792.4億元，每呎樓面地價約3.5萬至4.3萬元。代理比較悲觀，估值屬於市場下限。該代理認為，始終銀碼太大，去到500億至600億元已經是發展商心理關口。
目前中環甲級商廈呎租逾100元，屬於超甲廈的國際金融中心2期呎租約160元，較高峰期200元有所回落，而交易廣場呎租則約120元左右。
(經濟日報)
MTR Corp plans gradual opening of Lohas Park mall amid struggle to find retail tenants
The MTR Corporation is struggling to find tenants to fill up The Lohas shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O because retailers are hesitant to commit to long-term leases amid a slump in consumer sentiment caused by months of social unrest and coronavirus.
The Lohas, which spans three-stories with a 480,000 sq ft of gross retail space, will open for business in phases from the second half this year, according to property director David Tang Chi-fai. Slightly more than half of the 150 store spaces have been taken up, he disclosed on Monday.
“Many executives in the retail and catering sectors are quite conservative when it comes to opening up new shops [amid the coronavirus situation], which has delayed our plans for tenant sign-ups” Tang said. “The progress is not in line with our targets.”
Hong Kong’s retail industry has endured a prolonged slide since anti-government protests broke out in June last year, starving the city of its lifeblood, the mainland Chinese tourists and their purchasing power. The onset of Covid-19 epidemic has now compounded the dire outlook, with retail sales sliding by record pace during the busiest festive periods on the calendar.
Retail sales plunged 24.1 per cent in January from a year earlier, while mainland tourist arrivals fell to only 3,000 on average in February, compared with 200,000 last year, the government has said. Several retail chains have scaled back their operations in Hong Kong as sales slumped, including cosmetics group Sa Sa International, jewellery firm Chow Tai Fook and furniture store operator Pricerite Group.
Lohas Park is Hong Kong’s largest residential enclave, with an estimated 58,000 residents in 21,500 flats, when the project is completed in 2025. Residents living in about 10,000 housing units in Lohas Park have been waiting over a decade for a local shopping centre to meet daily necessities such as groceries and restaurants.
Tang said the signing up of new retail tenants has slowed over the past six weeks following the outbreak. Grocery stores and restaurants are the main sign-ups, while there is some resistance from cosmetics chains and luxury shop operators, he said, adding that talks regarding an ice-skating rink and a cinema are underway.
The government-controlled company has had to cut rents for all small and medium-enterprise tenants at its railway stations and 13 other shopping malls in February and March to help ease their financial strain. Tang said the MTR Corporation “will definitely consider” offering more concessions to retailers if the gloom persists.
A gradual opening of The Lohas is a better choice for MTR than waiting out for a market upturn, an agent said.
“We can expect quite a bit of foot traffic from local residents in the new mall, especially in supermarkets and restaurants,” the agent said. “They have waited for a long time for this mall to finally open and would make their lives much more convenient.”
The Lohas shopping centre is the rail operator’s largest residential area retail arcade since PopCorn2 in Tseung Kwan O in 2012. Earlier this year, it bought interest in two shopping malls from New World Development for HK$3 billion, which Tang said was aimed at boosting its future recurrent income to fund railway maintenance and upgrade.
The city’s sole rail operator faced a 44.8 per cent plunge in its recurrent profits in 2019, after writing off costs on the Sha Tin-Central rail link and its South Western Railway franchise in London. Last year, its revenues grew 1.1 per cent to HK$54 billion net profit dropped 25.5 per cent to HK$11.9 billion.
(South China Morning Post)
順豐全層每呎1.39萬沽造價重返三年前水平灣仔乙級商廈12年升值1.67倍
近期工商鋪市況淡靜，市場亦出現優質盤源，灣仔順豐國際中心中層全層單位，以每呎1.39萬易手，造價重返3年前水平，買家料可享回報率逾3厘。該物業於12年間升值逾1.67倍。
上址為灣仔皇后大道東182號順豐國際中心中層全層單位，以3099.81萬易手，以建築面積2228方呎，平均呎價13912元，單位市值呎租逾35元，料買家可享回報逾3厘。有代理指出，該廈位於地標商廈合和中心對面，與港鐵灣仔站距離步程大約3至5分鐘，向來放盤量少，於過去兩年，每年只錄得1至2宗買賣，是次最新成交，造價稍低於市價，並重返3年前水平。
面積2228方呎
土地註冊處資料顯示，上址原業主於2008年3月購入單位，作價1158.56萬，持貨12年，帳面獲利1941.25萬，升值逾1.67倍。
該名代理續說，以該單位呎價1.39萬計算，造價重返2017年水平，該廈於2018年中至2019年初商廈高峰期，業主惜貨，未見有任何買賣，因此未有創下最高成交呎價紀錄。而於2017年9月，該廈22樓全層以3007.8萬易手，當時平均呎價1.35萬。
成交價3099萬
由於順豐國際中心位置及大廈質素俱佳，自從跌市以來，放盤不乏承租，去年9月，雖然大型示威持續，「賭王」何鴻燊女兒何超賢，斥資3119.2萬購入該廈19樓全層，呎價1.4萬，建築面積約2228方呎，市值呎租逾35元，料回報率逾3厘。
上址原業主早於1994年購入單位，當時作價1559.6萬，持貨25年，帳面獲利1559.6萬，剛好升值1倍。土地註冊處資料顯示，原業主於2018年間，分別向兩家財務公司承借一按及二按，有代理指出，這就是原業主要賣樓的原因。
料回報逾三厘
該廈一直不乏名人追捧，藝人劉愷威於2017年6月，購入該廈26樓全層，作價2851.84萬，以單位建築面積約2228方呎計算，平均每方呎約1.28萬，原業主於2013年1月以2228萬購入上址，持貨約4年易手，帳面獲利約623萬，物業升值約28%。
該廈普遍都以全層形式買賣，只有個別樓層拆售，於2017年8月，該廈17樓04室，面積約376方呎，以每方呎約1.4萬易手，涉資526.4萬。
(經濟日報)
Home buyers stay on the sidelines
The coronavirus outbreak continued to dampen sentiment as homebuyers gave a lukewarm response to the flats on offer at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun, and Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) recorded 11 deposit forfeitures at St Martin in Pak Shek Kok in a single day on March 6.
This came as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority reduced its benchmark interest rate by 50 points on March 4 in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut, while local banks left their prime rates on hold.
The forfeited deposits totaled nearly HK$15 million over the 11 flats at St Martin, with a sales director at an real estate agency firm giving up HK$3.35 million after pulling out of the purchase of a four-bedroom flat. The 11 flats were offered at between HK$6.72 million and HK$22.33 million, or between HK$17,067 per sq ft and HK$23,700 per sq ft.
In Tseung Kwan O, Wheelock and Company (0020) received around 300 subscriptions for 101 flats at its Ocean Marini project at Lohas Park as of yesterday afternoon. The developer will launch the project for sale as early as mid-March.
Meanwhile, China Evergrande (3333) sold only 49 out of 141 flats at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun as of 3pm Saturday, though the developer had provided more discounts.
In late February, China Evergrande cut the average per-square-foot prices of the 250 flats in the first price list by 4 percent to HK$16,304, after discounts, from HK$16,942 previously.
In the secondary market, a real estate agency firm reported 15 secondary transactions at ten major housing estates over the past weekend, down by 30 percent week-on-week.
Blue-chip estates Kornhill in Quarry Bay, Metro City in Tseung Kwan O and Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung saw no secondary transactions.
In other secondary transaction activities, a 1,002-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai changed hands for HK$9.99 million, or HK$9,978 per sq ft, after about HK$2 million was slashed from the original asking price.
And a 545-sq-ft flat at Tai Koo Shing in Quarry Bay changed hands for HK$9.4 million, or HK$17,248 per sq ft, after HK$1.1 million was rubbed off from the initial asking price.
(The Standard)
Buyers spurn Hong Kong’s first home sale in two months, as Covid-19 outbreak adds weight to a slumping property market
Hong Kong’s homebuyers spurned the city’s first property sale in two months, as larger-than-usual discounts failed to attract them to big-ticket financial commitments amid a slumping economy wrecked by a coronavirus outbreak.
China Evergrande sold 49 of the 141 flats on offer at the second phase of its Emerald Bay project in Tuen Mun as at 5pm, even after increasing the discounts on each unit by HK$20,000 per square foot to an average of 14 per cent, from the previous 11 per cent, according to sales agents.
“Everyone is worried,” because the coronavirus “epidemic is so serious,” agent said. A sales haul of 34 per cent is “already very good [considering how] the price is not exceptionally cheap,” the agent said.
The reception at Hong Kong’s first major property launch in two months underscores the correction that is underway in the world’s most expensive residential property market, as the local economy finds itself in the first technical recession in more than a decade. It’s a slump that still has ways to go, even after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority slashed its base lending rate by 50 points on March 4 in lockstep with an emergency cut in the cost of money by the US Federal Reserve.
“The price [of Phase Two] is similar to that of Phase One,” another said, adding that the developer was also offering small units priced between HK$4 million and HK$5 million for buyers.
Emerald Bay, comprising 1,982 apartment units and 22 villas in Tuen Mun, is Evergrande’s maiden project in Hong Kong, as one of China’s biggest developers seeks to establish a beach head for expanding offshore. Its first offering of 167 flats last October sold out in one day, as the developer slashed prices amid easier mortgage financing rules to attract homebuyers to a neighbourhood that had been the focus of several anti-government protests.
Sales had been lacklustre after the first launch. With Evergrande’s latest discounts, a 461-square foot flat originally listed at HK$9.41 million could be bought for HK$8.07 million.
But this time around, sales agents are facing a hard time getting “worried” customers out of their homes to consider buying property. As many as 109 people were confirmed to have caught the coronavirus in Hong Kong, with two dead. Schools are shut until after Easter, while public servants and businesses had been asked to work from home to contain the outbreak, all of which are damping consumption and retail sales.
“Some buyers are worried about the health consequences of attending property sales, and decided to delay their buying decisions to avoid crowds [at sales venues],” the agent said. “Without the coronavirus epidemic, sales result would be 20 to 30 per cent better.”
Flat viewings have dwindled and transaction volumes shrunk in private housing estates, where some infected residents were detected by health authorities. Residents of some housing estates in Tuen Mun, the neighbourhood where Emerald Bay is located, were revealed to have caught the Covid-19 pathogen, according to the Department of Health.
The remainder of Evergrande’s unsold Phase Two flats will be offered on March 14 and March 28. The developer will have some competition to contend with.
Wheelock Properties, which owns the developer of the Harbour City and Times Square shopping centres, offered discounts of up to 22.1 per cent on average for 101 flats at its Ocean Marini project at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O.
The properties – including 52 two-bedroom units with open kitchens, and ranging from 471 to 616 square feet – were originally priced at an average of HK$18,853 per square foot. A sale date has not yet been set.
“The Lohas Park project will be better,” the agent said. “[Emerald Bay] has been selling a long time. It’s not new. Its phase one still has a lot of remaining stock. If it were a new project, it would be better.”
(South China Morning Post)
長沙灣千禧工廈八億沽 第一集團承接平均呎價6893元
政治活動加上疫症肆虐，令工商鋪投資氣氛低迷，有實力財團趁此時出手，第一集團剛斥資8億元，購入長沙灣千禧大廈全幢工廈，項目具重建價值，平均呎價約6893元。原業主為利豐集團馮氏家族。
市場消息透露，長沙灣青山道924及926號千禧大廈全幢工廈，早於去年中放盤，業主意向價12億，隨着反修例運動及肺炎疫症接踵而來，業主多番減價，近期吸引多家財團嘗試執「筍盤」，經過一輪討價還價，最終落實由第一集團購入，作價約8億元，以總樓面116045方呎計算，平均呎價6893元；該廈佔地1.2萬方呎，重建地積比12倍計算，可重樓面14.4萬方呎，平均呎價5555元。今年1月，區內青山道550號至556號恆發工業大廈以約10.7億易手，樓面呎價5632元，有代理分析，今番千禧大廈較恒發更接近港鐵站，其造價更低，可見疫症帶來影響。
樓面呎價5555元
千禧大廈由利豐集團馮氏家族私人持有，於2004年6月購入，作價2.4億，隨着今番易手，帳面獲利約5.6億，物業於十六年間升值2.3倍。該物業於2017年至2019年間，出租予利洋針織，其時月租約208萬，惟隨着該租客遷出，近年月收約170萬。而新買家第一集團並非着眼於租金收入，而是打算補地價重建甲廈。
第一集團亦於2018年9月，購入長沙灣大南西街1016至1018號廣隆泰大廈全幢工廈，作價12.5億，地盤面積約14790方呎，地積比率12倍，可重建樓面約177480方呎，樓面呎價約7043元，由於該地段規劃為其他指定用途(商業)，集團透過補價重建甲廈，目前地盤則平整中。
16年升值2.3倍
第一集團近年進取，除了上述長沙灣2個項目，近年亦購入荃灣3個工廈項目，荃灣大涌道18號商業項目，正在申請預售，主打800至1000方呎單位，有機會今年中之前開售，項目接近港鐵荃灣站及西鐵站，與愉景新城相隔一條街。
荃灣區內柴灣角街71至75號項目，則作工廈發展，主打面積800多呎單位，亦將於今年內推售。
長沙灣早年聚集製衣相關的行業，屬傳統工業區，近年迅速轉型，其中，新世界發展「落重注」，於3至4年前，接連於區內投得3幅商業地，總地價近150億，2016年2月，先以約78億元購入瓊林街商貿地，樓面呎價約7808元，同年5月再斥資逾40億投得近長順街商業地，樓面呎價7478元。2017年8月更以29.6748億元投得永康街商貿地，上述三幅地皮共涉樓面約190萬方呎。
(星島日報)
上環一洲呎價1.3萬易手重返三年前水平
近期商廈紛減價放盤，其中上環區乙廈一洲大廈高層全層，以約1880萬易手，平均呎價約1.3萬，售價較2018年高位回落21%，重返三年前水平，新買家料回報3.3厘。
代理表示，上環德輔道中262號一洲大廈20樓全層，面積約1426方呎，以約1880萬易手，平均呎價約13184元，物業交吉交易，新買家有意自用，作為業務擴展之用。原業主叫價約2400萬，見買家屬自用，減價約20%。原業主於2010年中斥資約930萬買入物業，帳面獲利約950萬，持貨10年升值一倍。
一洲大廈於2017年底，該廈8樓全層，面積間隔一樣，以2400萬易手，平均呎價高逾1.68萬，今番易手單位，較高位回落21%，重返三年前水平。
料回報3.3厘
該代理表示，一洲為區內優質乙廈，毗鄰港鐵站出口，玻璃幕牆，一梯一伙設計，平地電梯，每層(即每個)單位擁有獨立冷氣及洗手間，該廈市值呎租約36元，料回報3.3厘。
近期甲廈紛錄低價承租，繼美國銀行中心，力寶中心及海富中心外，金鐘遠東金融中心1501室，面積約2784方呎，以每呎約60元租出，該單位望政府總部，同類型單位於2018年高峰期呎租約98元，於2016年時，呎租約60元，故今番租金水平較高位回落38%，重返2016年中水平。同廈1904室，於2017年11月以每呎74.8元承租。
遠金每呎50元租出
另外，尖沙嘴港威大廈1座1801室，面積約2055方呎，以每呎約48元租出，亦屬低市價水平。
旺角通菜街2Q至2Z號鴻輝大廈地下02(通菜街2R)號鋪，面積約1000方呎，原業主開價4000萬，終以約2200萬沽出，平均呎價2.2萬，租客為食肆，月租7.2萬，料回報約3.96厘。原業主於2004年以950萬購入，持貨16年，帳面獲利1250萬，物業升值逾1倍。
(星島日報)
觀塘工廈「逆市」申建酒店
近期有不少項目積極申請改劃，即使近期酒店業步入寒冬，亦有財團申請重建，其中，興勝創建持有的觀塘工廈禧年大廈，申請略為放寬地積比率及建築物高度限制，以重建成酒店。據城規會資料顯示，項目地盤5780方呎，地積比由12倍放寬至15.836倍發展，可建約8.3萬方呎，擬議重建成1幢樓高不多於36層酒店，涉及160個房間。
另外，九龍塘根德道14號業主新近向城規會申請，放寬建築物高度限制以容許闢設1層地庫，以作准許的屋宇用途。項目地盤約10751方呎，擬議地積比0.6倍發展，可建約6443方呎，擬議興建1幢樓高4層洋房。申請人指，擬建的1層地庫用作停車場或附屬機房用途。另外，該項目於2018年8月獲屋宇署批出擬建獨立屋的建築圖則。
(星島日報)
核心區舖空置率 疫下創9.2%新高
疫症持續，加上早前社會運動，零售業遭遇前所未有衝擊，商舖市場慘淡。業界統計，目前4大核心零售區空置率升至9%，預計未來數月市況持續欠佳，今年核心區吉舖恐再增，空置率勢比03年沙士更高，料年內舖租下調4成。
有代理最近進行核心區吉舖統計，就4大核心零售區旺角、銅鑼灣、尖沙咀及中環，涉及156條街道，共7,503間商舖，調查相關出租情況。
美代理分析指，受本港社會事件影響，訪港旅客人次大減，本地居民消費意慾下降，不少商戶結業，整體吉舖數目及街舖空置率急升。截至2020年第一季，4核心區共有689間吉舖，比去年第三季大增207間，空置率高達9.2%，兩者同創2016年有紀錄以來新高，較去年第三季的6.5%飈升2.7個百分點。
代理估舖市 邁「超大型調整期」
4大核心區二綫地段，如尖沙咀加連威老道、銅鑼灣謝斐道、旺角通菜街等，近期吉舖處處。如銅鑼灣軒尼詩道黃金廣場地下舖位，原由六福珠寶以350萬租用，近日正式遷出，業主正以300萬招租，降價逾1成。此外，亦有不少零售商因應疫情，每日營業時間縮短，甚至暫停營業，令以往熱鬧的尖沙咀、銅鑼灣街頭晚上非常冷清。
代理指出，上述數據仍未完全反映新冠肺炎的衝擊，今年第三季的空置率會持續上升，預計今年底4大核心區吉舖數字逾900間，即較現時多出逾200間。
吉舖轉多，業主減價幅度明顯，代理指近期業主普遍願意減租，或降價吸客，惟營商氣氛欠佳，未見承接力，代理預計舖市進入「超大型調整期」，淡靜情況持續較長時間，單計今年舖租料再跌4成，租金重返2006年水平。
事實上，自去年中社會事件爆發開始，零售舖位空置率已經出現上升壓力。根據差估署統計，去年年底舖位空置率約10.1%，較2018年增加0.7個百分點，屬於2005年之後新高。市場估計，隨着近期疫情進一步打擊，空置率將會升穿03年10.8%的沙士高位。
學者：業主持貨力強 拒大幅減租
浸大財務及決策系副教授麥萃才稱，空置率會維持多久，最重要是視乎業主願不願意減租，甚至容許採用短租舖，因此過去十幾年地舖的供應變化不大，分別只是檔次不同，如果業主肯減租，主要做本地生意的行業亦可承接舖位。不過，他估計由於現時大部分舖位業主持貨能力強，有機會一時三刻未必願意大幅減租，高空置率的情況或持續一段時間。
盛滙商舖基金創辦人李根興則認為，在各項措施下，自由行人數跌至零，核心區商戶生意受衝擊，租舖意慾低，但同時間，核心區舖位業主多持貨力強，為免物業估值大跌，個別寧願丟空舖位也拒絕大減租，他相信核心區舖位空置率難下跌，租金跌兩成亦難免。
(經濟日報)
金鐘海富中心 海景戶呎租40元
散業權商廈租金屢見低位，消息指，金鐘海富中心海景單位，以每平方呎約40元租出，為4年低位。
散業權商廈租金 屢現低價
市場消息指，金鐘海富中心中層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，加上位處中高層，質素不錯。
按呎租計，為該廈4年新低，對上一宗呎租40餘元成交，為2016年9月，物業1座低層3B室，面積約5,568平方呎，呎租約41元。事實上，近期散業權商廈租金屢出現低價成交，如早前美國銀行中心高層戶，面積約2,637平方呎，以約11.07萬元租出，呎租約42，創10年新低。
力寶中心 減租超過兩成
受疫情影響，不少商廈業主減租吸客，有代理表示，獲委託放租金鐘力寶中心2座2506室，面積約2,337平方呎，業主意向呎租原為每呎59元，現減價至每呎46元，減幅超過兩成，折合租金為約10.7萬元。
上環信德中心西座中層10室，面積約1,402平方呎，以每月約5.9萬元租出，呎租約42元。另遠東金融中心極高層02室，面積約2,400平方呎，以每平方呎約98元租出。
(經濟日報)
上環信德中心呎租42元低30%重返四年前水平
受多項不明朗因素夾擊，市場觀望氣氛瀰漫，帶動甲廈租金拾級而下，消息指，上環信德中心海景單位以呎租42元租出，低市價約30%，創四年以來新低。金鐘海富中心單位以每呎40元租出，亦紛重回四年前水平。
甲廈租金持續下滑，市場消息指出，上環信德中心 (西翼) 中層10室，面積約1402方呎，以58884元租出，平均呎租約42元，低市價約30%，重回四年前水平；區內資深代理指出，上址坐享開揚海景，屬優質單位，市值租金達每呎60元，市值呎價亦高達3.8萬，因市場受多項負面因素困擾，令甲廈市場亦不能倖免，租金明顯受壓。
料回報近二厘
據土地註冊處資料顯示，上址業主於2013年以興海國際金屬集團有限公司名義購入，作價3645.2萬，以最新租金計算，料回報約1.93厘。
據代理資料顯示，該甲廈早前錄一宗承租個案，低層單位，面積615方呎，於上月底以41820元租出，平均呎租約68元；若該甲廈呎租跌穿50元水平，需追溯至2016年8月，當時該廈低層單位，面積2559方呎，以110037元租出，平均呎租約43元。
海富中心呎租40元減13%
另一方面，金鐘甲廈租金亦備受壓力，市場消息指出，海富中心1座1801室，面積6135方呎，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%，並重回四年前水平，該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%。
另一代理表示，金鐘力寶中心2座4樓07至10室，為四相連單位，總面積約3648方呎，以意向呎價約2.5萬放售，涉及總金額約9120萬。代理續稱，該甲廈2座最高成交呎價為3.9萬，該成交位於該廈26樓相連單位，總面積約3341方呎，於2018年初成交，而低層單位成交呎價最高為3.7萬，該單位為2座5樓11至12室，面積約2199方呎，於2018年初錄得。
代理表示，觀塘創業街36號華基中心中層單位，面積約384方呎，以315萬連約成交，平均呎價約8203元，租約期至2021年8月，市場月租8380元，料回報3.2厘，原業主於2011年148萬購入，持貨9年，帳面獲利170萬，新買家為區內投資者。該單位附寫字樓裝修，特高樓底12.5呎。
(星島日報)
Office rents continue to decrease
Rents in Grade-A offices dropped by half to about HK$50 per sq ft only, with companies closing down or seeing their expansion plans derailed due to the virus.
The latest case is an office in Lippo Centre.
A 2,337 square-foot room at the Lippo Centre was rented for HK$107,000 per month or HK$46 per sq ft, 22 percent lower than the asking price.
A property agency firm expects property transactions during the first quarter will record a four-year low according to its market sentiment index that tracks prices offered by property owners.
The agency firm expects first-hand property transactions will only number 2,500 in the first quarter and 8,500 for second-hand transactions.
They added that transaction numbers may rebound if owners offer discounted asking prices continuously and the market expects a decline in housing supply.
Property prices are expected to drop 5 percent in the first half of this year, the agent added. The index fell 30.4 percent month-on-moth to 45.9, which is below the average value of 61.6, reflecting the declining trend.
Tsuen Wan Centre in New Territories West recorded six secondary transactions during the past three days. Other major home estates in the district also record transactions.
A 374-square-foot flat at Tsuen Wan Centre changed hands for HK$5.14 million, or HK$13,740 per sq ft. In the same district, a 536-dq-ft flat at Allway Gardens was sold at HK$5.7 million.
Victoria Skye in Kai Tak, developed by K&K Property, launched seven special units with discounts, ranging from 1,410-1,540 sq ft. Buyers can also acquire an HK$3.21 million parking spot.
(The Standard)
Fixed-rate mortgage plan fails to stir market
The property market is still
struggling to regain its footing amid the coronavirus outbreak, as a property agency
recorded 22 secondary transactions at ten major housing estates over the past
weekend, down by 4.3 percent week-on-week.
This came after Financial Secretary
Paul Chan Mo-po unveiled a fixed-rate mortgage loans pilot scheme in the budget
speech.
But it was the second consecutive
weekend that the number of secondary transactions exceeded 20, according to the
agency.
Some homeowners are willing to cut
asking prices amid economic uncertainties, which has boosted secondary
transactions, another agent said.
An agent from the first agency firm
expects developers to step up launching projects in the primary market this
month.
In Tin Shui Wai, a 549-sq-ft flat at
Kingswood Villas changed hands for HK$5.6 million, or HK$10,200 per sq ft,
after HK$700,000 was cut from the original asking price.
In Tai Koo Shing, a 582-sq-ft flat
at fetched HK$11.88 million, or HK$20,412 per sq ft, after HK$420,000 was
slashed from the initial asking price.
Kennedy Town saw a 464-sq-ft flat at
Cayman Rise sold for HK$10.2 million, or HK$20,819 per sq ft, after HK$540,000
was rubbed off from the first asking price.
And in the Mid-Levels, a
three-bedroom flat at The Grand Panorama changed hands for HK$20.38 million, or
HK$20,967 per sq ft, after HK$1.62 million was cut from the original asking
price.
In the Grade-A office market, another
property agency firm recorded 5 transactions at 50 major Grade-A offices in
February, up by 66 percent month-on-month, as landlords are willing to slash
asking prices amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak.
The agent expects more price cuts in
the future as the coronavirus , which continues to spread across the world,
could be a new black swan for the global economy.
The vacancy rate of Grade-A offices
in Central surged to a five-year high of 4 percent in January, according to an
international property consultancy firm.
The property consultancy firm said
rents of Grade-A offices in Central dropped 1.1 percent month-on-month to
HK$120 per sq ft.
They also said that some companies
are postponing leases over coronavirus concerns.
(The Standard)
