Hong Kong's secondary home market saw just three deals at the10 major housing estates over the weekend, the worst week since the Lunar New Year, but the primary market continued to shine, with a Yuen Long project hiking prices by up to 2 percent for its latest price list.

A property agency reported three transactions at 10 blue-chip estates over the weekend, down 62 percent from a week ago to a 13-week low.

And another property agency posted five deals over the weekend, down 37 percent from the previous week.

Meanwhile, in the primary market, The Yoho Hub II in Yuen Long put another 141 flats on the market yesterday after the first batch of 210 units sold out on Saturday's first round of sales.

The third price list showed that the cheapest was priced at HK$6.64 million while the average price stood at HK$16,188 per square foot.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016), the developer, said most of the flats in the latest price list are on higher floors and this is why they are 1 to 2 percent costlier.

SHKP raked in about HK$2 billion from the sales of the 201 flats on Saturday.

In other market news, some major lenders in the city are said to have frozen mortgage applications of mainlanders who do not have Hong Kong identity cards.

Property experts, however, believe banks are not halting these mortgages across the board but are considering them on a case-by-case basis as it is more difficult for them to verify the creditworthiness of these customers.

Apart from reducing cash rebates on mortgages to cut costs, banks are now more prudent in their mortgage business, a mortgage broker said.

Every bank has their own set of rules to vet mortgage applicants and they would consider the type of property being bought, the borrower's employment history and their nationality, the broker said, adding that lenders change their mortgage strategies from time to time due to market conditions and risk appetite.

However, he believes banks will not completely stop giving mortgages to mainlanders.

Major lenders, including The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, have been reportedly cutting rebates on mortgages since last month to reduce costs, with some lenders fully scraping such rewards.

(The Standard)

工商舖錄約303宗按月增50%

4月份工商舖買賣宗數大致向上，有本港代理行統計，市場錄約303宗成交，按月升近50%，總金額錄約55.75億，按月減約21%。該行認為以往復活節及清明節長假期效應，工商舖買賣有所放緩，今年4月明顯反彈，反映政府該月舉行連串盛事奏效。

荃中商場基座2億易手

該行代理表示，4月錄約303宗買賣，金額約55.75億，按年分別減約6%及增約1%。適逢4月舉行香港國際七人欖球賽，月內多個大型國際會議展覽登場，帶來經濟效益勝預期。4月錄約68宗舖位買賣，按月增約66%，金額約16.49億，按月跌約68%，扣除3月份愉景新城商場約40.2億成交，金額按月約36%增幅。月內多個商場易手，荃灣中心商場2期11至14座基座舖位，投資者黎永滔以約2億沽；佐敦THE AUSTIN PLACE地下1、2、3、5號舖連一樓以約1.49億沽，買家信興集團。

商廈錄41宗成交，按月增約28%，金額約14.98億，按月增約39%。美國銀行中心現兩宗成交，山東如意集團沽23樓全層樓面，面積約13880方呎，作價約2.5億，較2018年時購入價計，貶值約64%；德祥地產以約2.6億沽同廈30樓總部全層連4個車位，面積約13880方呎，持貨20年，帳面賺近1.6億，升值約1.5倍。

工廈錄約194宗成交，按月增約49%，金額錄約24.27億，按月增約兩倍，當中宏安地產將引入其士作為油塘工業大廈第4座重建的合作夥伴，作價約7.97億。

(星島日報)

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內地金融機構搶租一線舖 租金跌幅40%旺角尖沙咀銅鑼灣具吸引

近年內地豪客消費模式悄悄地由奢侈品轉至投資產品，為金融機構帶來新商機，紛搶租一線舖吸客，當中旺角、尖沙咀及銅鑼灣區最具吸引，皆因舖租較疫市跌40%，租舖成本較以往低。

資深投資者黎永滔旗下亞皆老街67及69號單邊巨舖，近日由富途證券每月逾100萬承租，此舖過往2年皆由短租客進駐，月租只有30多萬。黎永滔表示，內地金融機構成為舖市動力之一，還有內地食肆積極攻港，令旗下舖位洽租量大增，他索性放棄上述亞皆老街舊樓重建住宅計劃，迎接新租客到來。

志在力吸內地客

事實上，金融機構巨資租舖，背後自有她的策略，意博資本亞洲執行合夥人鄧聲興認為，富途證券志在內地客，產品亦並非單一港股，而是美股及多元化產品及期貨。「該公司承租地舖不着眼地舖收入能否抵銷成本，而是從整體效益出發，看中內地客對投資及保險需求，協助做私人理財。」

連番落戶單邊舖

有代理指，租金包括67號全幢單邊外牆，亞皆老街及西洋菜南街兩條一線街屬旺角「旺中之旺」，位置理想。

富途證券去年亦進駐尖沙咀彌敦道96號美敦大廈地下及1樓，共約4437方呎，月租85萬，今年初亦承租金鐘統一中心34樓全層，建築面積約2萬方呎，新辦事處代替舊址統一中心13樓，令富途在港總辦公面積驟增80%，上述高層景觀開揚，業界估計呎租約40元，月租約80萬。

內地金融機構進取，令交吉物業相繼覓長租客，同為黎永滔持有的銅鑼灣顯輝中心全幢，去年中獲安信信托承租，之前交吉兩年；另外，曾丟空處處的尖沙咀栢麗大道，其中一個相連複式巨舖，亦獲中信證券進駐。

(星島日報)

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