Just 77 per cent of flats at Tseung Kwan O’s Villa Garda phase two development sold amid slowdown in property market
Just 129 out of 168 flats at Villa Garda’s phase two development were sold on Sunday as recent interest rate hikes and stock market volatility take a toll
A market index fell by 0.05 per cent in the past 7 weeks to 181.05
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Kong’s housing market is under greater pressure as home sales slowed
down in Hong Kong amid concerns of rising interest rates, softening home
prices and greater supply in the pipeline.
Just 128 out of 168 flats, or 76.8 per cent, offered at Villa Garda’s
phase two development – developed by Sino Land, K Wah International and
China Merchants Land – at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O were sold on
Sunday, according to agents.
“After
all, this is the third round of sales. The interest rate rise has some
impact,” agent said. “As [the impact] has spread to the first-hand
[market], some buyers wait and see amid interest hikes.”
Villa Garda
has sold 592 flats since the first sale on June 30, or 92 per cent of
the total offering, for a total sales haul of more than HK$5.1 billion
(HK$650 million), a Sino spokeswoman said.
The
sale came after a market index which is the gauge of lived-in homes
compiled by a property agency, fell by 0.05 per cent in the past 7 weeks
to 181.05, according to data released on Friday.
“The
United States widened its rate hike, and local property prices
softened. The index is expected to soon fall below 180 points,” agent
said.
The
volatility in stock market also made buyers hesitant, agent said,
adding that the agent was optimistic that upcoming new developments
could reignite market sentiment with reasonable pricing.
More
than 1,500 bids were received for Sunday’s sale, translating to eight
bids chasing every available flat. It compared with the nearly 6,200
bids in the first round of sales for phase one, when 26 buyers competed
for each flat.
The
entry price at the current launch of the project was HK$6.37 million
for a unit measuring 339sqft. The average price was HK$18,378 per square
foot after the monetary authorities in the US and Hong Kong raised key
interest rates by a whopping 75 basis points on June 16.
The
launch came hot on the heels of two task forces established by the
administration of Chief Executive John Lee to tackle Hong Kong’s
intractable problems of housing and land supplies. The two groups held
their first meeting on Tuesday.
Chinese
President Xi Jinping instructed Lee’s team to “strive to deliver” what
“the people of Hong Kong desired – a better life, a bigger flat, more
business start-up opportunities, better education and better elderly
care”, during his keynote speech to inaugurate the new chief executive’s
term on July 1.
Homebuyers
are spoiled with choice. The MTR Corporation on Sunday said it could
potentially put 4,000 to 5,000 flats in four projects up for sale in the
coming eight to nine months.
The
four projects that might be sold this year are Lohas Park phase 12,
phase four of The Southside at Wong Chuk Hang station, phase two at Ho
Man Tin station and one at Yoho Hub in Yuen Long.
It
will offer another two projects involving 2,500 to 3,000 flats for
tender to developers in areas including Siu Ho Wan, which it now calls
Oyster Bay, and Tung Chung.
(South China Morning Post)
有代理表示，灣仔中望商業中心低層單位，建築面積約1808方呎，業主意向售價約2200萬元，呎價約12200元。
該代理指出，單位現已交吉，間隔四正靈活，全寫字樓裝修，可外望部分維港海景，景觀開揚，附設載貨升降機。
物業樓下設有多條巴士及小巴路線，可迅速往來各區。
(信報)
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葵涌美青路與貨櫃碼頭南路交界的物流地，昨日截標，運輸及物流局指，合共收到3份標書。業內人士指，項目地理位置優越，估計財團出價保守。
該地位於葵涌市地段第531號用地，鄰近葵涌七號貨櫃碼頭，地皮西北面為葵涌海關大樓。是政府自2018年5月推出屯門同類地皮後、相隔逾4年再有新地皮供應。上述葵涌物流地，地盤面積約59.467萬方呎，可建總樓面約148.43萬方呎，作指定物流服務及公眾停車場用途，以發展多層現代物流設施兼公眾停車場，達致一地多用。
有測量師表示，地皮位於葵涌七號和八號貨櫃碼頭旁邊，貨物裝卸後已可從葵青公路運往市區。
可建總樓面約148.43萬呎
值得留意的是，地皮下方現時內有數條大型渠道貫通，地面部分面積需預留作日後政府渠務工程之用，亦不可在上面興建任何建築物，由於標數少估計財團出價保守。綜合市場估值約48億至52億，每方呎樓面地價約3200至3500元。
(星島日報)
