Wheelock
Properties said it has recorded over 100,000 online viewings for its
new project named Monaco Marine in Kai Tak in the past two days before
unveiling its first price list.
This came as the number of transactions in the 10 major housing estates fell slightly over the weekend.
The
developer's managing director Ricky Wong Kwong-yiu said the price list
may be released this week and the sales could take place this month.
Three
showrooms, including a 713-square-feet flat with three bedrooms, will
open to the public during the four-day Easter holiday and more than
8,000 prospective buyers have made home viewing appointments, Wong said.
Located
at 10 Muk Tai Street, the project provides 559 flats ranging from 324
sq ft to 1,708 sq ft - the smallest flats have one bedroom while the
biggest ones are equipped with four bedrooms. But around 80 percent of
units are in between - they have two to three bedrooms.
In
the secondary market, the number of deals recorded in a property
agency's top 10 housing estates dropped by five, or 20 percent, to 20
over the weekend, but remained at or above the 20-number level for the
fourth consecutive week.
Property
agent said that the room for price negotiation has narrowed in the
buoyant second-hand market as Covid gradually subsides.
Some
home buyers even need to offer price hikes before they can reach a deal
with the owners, while others are looking for cheaper flats in less
well-known housing estates, the agent said, though he believes the
transaction volume could maintain at this level for several weeks.
Among
the estates, Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai saw the most transactions
- five homes changed hands in the weekend, while Kornhill in Hong Kong
Island was the only estate that recorded no transactions.
A
633-sq-ft flat with three bedrooms sold at HK$6.65 million or HK$10,506
per sq ft after the seller agreed to slightly cut the price by
HK$50,000, according to another property agency.
The
vendor, who purchased the property at HK$4.08 million in 2016, gained
HK$2.57 million, or 63 percent through the deal, the agency said.
(The Standard)
Shop rentals set for recovery, says agent
One
of the largest local property agency expects that the rental volume of
street shops to increase by 50 percent this quarter from last quarter,
spurred by the distribution of the Consumption Voucher and the economic
recovery.
The agency
said street shops will benefit most from the voucher and the improving
Covid situation will help increase the public's desire to go out and
spend money, especially when the restrictions are lifted later this
month.
Property agent
said that both the rental and transaction volumes of shops plunged amid
the fifth wave of the pandemic but the leasing market suffered more.
About
775 rental deals were recorded in the first quarter, down by 42 percent
from a year ago and 23 percent lower than the December quarter.
The value of the leases also slid by 37 percent year-on-year, or 27 percent quarter-on-quarter, according to the agent.
Shop
vacancy rates in core areas continue to hover at high levels due to
sluggish rental demand. The rate in Causeway Bay has remained at 5
percent for months, and that in Central has stayed at about 14 percent,
the agency's data showed.
But there are also opportunities apart from risks.
While
Hong Kong's residents have not been able to travel in more than two
years, some Japanese brands have taken advantage of the purchasing power
of Hongkongers and entered the city's market. Japanese cosmetics brand
Matsumoto Kiyoshi has opened its first shop at APM shopping mall in Kwun
Tong and several more are expected to come soon, the agent said, adding
that this reflects retailers' confidence in the SAR.
(The Standard)
中環中心低層呎租40 外資同廈轉租省一半
中環中心放盤多、租金低,令企業有選擇地搬遷。一家外資軟件公司原租用中環中心極高層,現轉租同廈低層全層,呎租約40元,料可節省近半租金。
市場消息指,中環中心錄得一宗中低層全層單位成交,物業面積約2.5萬平方呎,成交呎租僅約40元。
據了解,由於單位屬中低層,未能享有海景景觀,造價上較低,加上目前該廈放盤甚多,故以較低呎租水平成交。
原租極高層 呎租料逾75元
據了解,新租為一家英資軟件公司租用,該機構主要業務為提供金融交易軟件。該機構原租用同廈極高層單位,呎租料約75至80元,如今於同廈進行搬遷,相信主因可節省一半租金成本。
翻查資料,該廈對上一宗較大手租務為上月錄得,中環中心中低層1至3室,面積約7,125平方呎,最新以每月34.2萬元租出,呎租約48元,較去年同期呎租水平已下跌。如今新租中低層全層個案,租金再出現下挫。
空置樓面多 租金水平偏低
第5波疫情下,甲廈租務再轉淡靜。據一外資代理行資料顯示,中區甲廈空置率約7.7%,較2021年尾上升約1個百分點,而散業權商廈因業主對後市各持不同睇法,叫租差距甚大,空置樓面不少。中環中心自數年前拆售後,現時由多名投資者持有,據悉現時大廈空置樓面頗多,故租金水平偏低。
九龍區方面,消息指,九龍灣恩浩國際中心中高層C室,面積約1,305平方呎,以每呎約22元租出;另同廈中層E室,面積約2,435平方呎,成交呎租約21元。
(經濟日報)
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次季有望反彈 甲廈旺舖可趁低吸
代理:港息有機加半厘 市場未添壓
首季投資市場受疫情衝擊,交投放緩,有代理認為,隨着疫情緩和,第2季起投資市場將反彈顯著,該代理又看好調整較深的甲廈及核心區舖位,屬趁低吸納的時機。
去年大額投資市場暢旺,原本以為今年可承接強勢,怎料年初爆發第5波疫情,投資市場即轉淡靜。該代理分析,疫情為主要窒礙投資的主要因素,「大家最初不知道第5波疫情有多巨大,感染人數突然跳至每日數萬人。投資者擔心疫情惡化,政府不斷收緊防疫措施,經濟會進一步轉差,決定採觀望態度。」
該代理指最近疫情緩和,政府亦放寬措施,經濟向好,「市民感染後免疫,而疫苗接種率高,疫情可望明顯紓緩,預計第2季起市況反彈,力度會強勁持續至年尾。事實上,投資者開始相信疫情總會過去,很多物業價格已跌至低水平,現在投資照計無得輸。」
外資看好香港 資金續來
該代理認為,第2季市況反彈只是開始,因看好經濟前景,資金流向也能反映,「本港資金非常充裕,外資亦投資本港物業,反映各路資金有信心。另外,政府效率加快,不論基建、造地起樓等,漸簡化程序,有利經濟發展。」該代理指,外資投資本港,正因睇好前景,「基金向錢看,有利可圖便入市。睇本港經濟、基建發展等,最近批出基建撥款達2,000多億元,未來發展更為成熟。此外,外資投資揀選香港,因本港安定、財政健全,香港過往一兩年動用大筆資金作抗疫,但財政仍是有盈餘,可見不論政府、大財團及市民,財政狀況亦理想,給予外資信心。」
至於另一影響投資市場為息口,美國已開始加息,袁志光指,美國剛加息1/4厘,香港未有跟隨,「大部分投資者目前借貸成本僅2厘,美國加息步伐加快,香港或部分跟隨,有機會升半厘左右,在實際利率在3厘以下,對市場未構成壓力。」
過去年多 甲廈價跌20至25%
投資範疇上,去年工業佔大額成交近半,最近似乎強勢不減,日前美資基金斥近29億元,購入葵涌集運中心全幢,暫為今年最大額成交。另外,新加坡迷你倉集團,數月內以近9億吸納多項工廈,該代理指工廈勝在用途廣,「疫情下大家多上網,亦多在網上購物,數據使用量高,故數據中心受捧。疫情下網購增,不論物流、航運公司盈利多,以前貨品放在舖位,現在儲在物流中心,因此相關物業需求強勁。」另外,近日酒店交投亦加快,該代理謂酒店用途在改變,「以前只是招待旅客之用,如今可以改成共居,對象以香港人為主,因為本港住宅租務需求大。」
近一兩年,甲廈及核心區舖位價格調整,投資市場上備受冷落,該代理則認為,此時是趁低吸納時間,「在過去一年多,甲廈價格已跌20至25%,跌幅顯著,價格已跌至吸引水平,租金同樣已喘定。疫情完結後,會有很多內地公司包括資產管理機構來港開業,整個市況大不同。」至於商舖,該代理指傳統購物區如尖沙咀及銅鑼灣,過去3年受衝擊非常嚴重,「舖價回調顯著,作為投資者,並非睇短綫,可能3至5年甚至更長,絕對是入市時機。」
(經濟日報)
受第五波疫情打擊,商廈市場觀望氣氛籠罩,並錄蝕讓買賣。消息指,尖沙嘴新文華中心高層單位以792萬易手,呎價約1.03萬,原業主持貨七年實蝕約80萬離場。
平均呎價1.03萬
據地產代理指出,尖沙嘴新文華中心A座高層17室,建築面積約769方呎,以約792.07萬易手,呎價約1.03萬,原業主於2015年6月以約807.45萬購入,故持貨近7年帳面蝕讓約15萬,惟計及印花稅及代理佣金等開支,料實蝕約80萬離場。
據業內人士指出,上址位處高層,坐享開揚市景,惟受第五波疫情影響,商廈市場交投急下滑,令整體成交價備受壓力,因市場需求疲弱,令議價空間逐步擴闊,上述成交價已屬貼市價水平。
據本港一間代理行資料顯示,該廈近期成交疏落,對上一宗買賣追溯至去年9月,為A座8樓16至17室,建築面積1509方呎,以1434萬售出,呎價約9500元。
業內人士指出,尖東甲廈有其賣點,個別大廈更位處沿海位置,享維港景,呎租對比港島指標商廈有明顯折讓,吸引企業遷入。
(星島日報)
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基金追捧全幢酒店工廈 代理:疫情回穩帶動買賣
疫情逐步放緩,為投資市場釋出曙光。有外資代理行代理指出,儘管第五波疫情令人措手不及,拖累市場首季交投受壓,但常言道有危才有機,近期疫情喘定回穩,推動投資市場於今季迅速復甦,外資基金及機構投資者蠢蠢欲動,全幢酒店及工廈最「搶手」,有力突圍跑出,大手買賣將陸續有來,未來六個月是撈底的好時機。
該代理指出,據該行統計資料顯示,今年首季逾億元的工商物業買賣錄31宗,較去年第四季的45宗按季跌約30%,期間成交金額錄約112億,按季同步下挫約46%,受第五波疫情肆虐影響,加上美國聯儲局加息、俄烏戰爭等負面因素影響,市場觀望濃厚,導致首季市況交投明顯放緩,並錄價量齊挫,惟受近期疫情漸見放緩,為市場釋出曙光。
首季逾億買賣挫三成
該代理續指出,參考去年市場於第四波疫情後有力迅速反彈復甦,該代理對後市仍感樂觀,政府近期推出消費券帶動,對零售及整體商場活動將帶來正面影響,儘管加息陰霾揮之不去,但現今市場資金仍然充裕,當中以外資基金最為活躍,市場料於今年及後時間「追落後」,以去年全年投資市場錄733億成交計,料今年成交金額波幅約5%。
外資基金機構投資者活躍
近期疫情稍回穩,對於投資市場能否突圍而出。該代理指出,參考亞太區多個主要城市,於疫情回穩後經濟活動均能迅速反彈,故令他對後市仍具信心,香港為亞太區主要金融中心之一,受外資基金追捧,部分準備大手在港作收購,早前疫情肆虐,相關買賣變得滯後,隨着防疫措施有機會本月底放寬,將帶動交投氣氛轉活,近期市場已頻錄大手買賣,料今季已見復甦反彈。
該代理續指出,受疫情等因素衝擊,全幢酒店及工廈已從高位回落約三成,受第五波疫情衝擊,酒店議價空間更高達兩成,故備受買家追捧,主要購買力為外資基金及機構投資 (INSTITUTIONAL BUYER),市場近期矚目買賣為葵涌集運中心全幢,於本月獲美資基金Nuveen旗下The Asia Pacific Cities Fund (APCF) 以約28.8億承接,呎價約1.08萬,將作數據中心用途。該代理評論指,隨網絡發展一日千里,令數據中心備受追捧,於數年前已成為環球大趨勢,加上自疫情爆發以來,網上購物及居家工作日趨普及化,更令數據中心需求進一步升溫,現今市場可作數據中心用途的全幢工廈買少見少,令該類物業疫下有價有市,備受各路買家追捧。
(星島日報)