New Tuen Mun homes fail to stir buyers
Property developers launched new
sales amid the easing of the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong but only received
a lukewarm response from buyers, with China Evergrande (3333) selling only 10
percent of the 269 flats on offer at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun over the
weekend.
China Evergrande released 145 flats
in the second price list at Emerald Bay Phase 2 on April 14, which were offered
at an average HK$16,752 per sq ft after discounts, around 3 percent higher than
that of the first batch.
Meanwhile, Wheelock Properties
yesterday released 51 flats in the sixth price list of Ocean Marini in Lohas
Park, priced at HK$16,705 per sq ft after discounts. The cheapest 547-sq-ft
flat was offered at HK$8.7 million. Wheelock has collected about HK$2.42
billion after selling 274 of the 310 flats at the project.
In the secondary market, property agency
reported 17 secondary transactions at ten major housing estates over the past
weekend, down by 15 percent week-on-week.
In Wong Chuk Hang, a mainland vendor
would suffer a loss of about HK$4.3 million after selling a 1,368-sq-ft flat at
Marinella for HK$42.5 million, or HK$31,067 per sq ft.
In Hung Hom, a 194-sq-ft flat at
Upper East changed hands for HK$4.23 million, or HK$21,804 per sq ft, after
HK$170,000 was cut from the first asking price. The vendor would incur a loss
of around HK$130,000 after paying commission fees and stamp duties.
And in Tseung Kwan O, a 399-sq-ft
flat at Ocean Shores fetched HK$7.46 million, or HK$18,697 per sq ft, after
HK$940,000 was slashed from the initial asking price, according to the property
agency.
The property agency expects the
number of property transactions to increase 15 percent month-on-month to around
5,200 this month and hit a five-month high, with a total consideration of HK$41
billion.
Meanwhile, the number of sales and
purchase agreements for all building units for the first 15 days of April stood
at 2,569, with a total consideration of HK$19.96 billion.
In the rentals market, a 440-sq-ft
flat at Cullinan West at Nam Cheong MTR station was rented for HK$20,500 per
month, or HK$46.6 per sq ft, after HK$3,500 was cut from the original asking
price.
(The Standard)
佐敦單邊鋪王「淪陷」罕見丟空逾半年反修例及疫情打擊協成行靚鋪放長短租
反修例運動加上疫症肆虐，黃金地段率先淪陷。佐敦彌敦道一個單邊鋪王，過往租約從未停過，惟去年至今卻丟空逾半年，業主協成行罕見將鋪位放長短租。
佐敦彌敦道192號協成行九龍中心巨鋪，佔據柯士甸道大單邊，位處紅綠燈位置，鋪前行人路闊落，斜對面警署「近在咫尺」，治安理應更加好，惟這些優點，令該處在反修例運動時，變成「非常據點」，示威人士群集，衝突打鬥不斷，商戶經常拉閘迴避。
意向月租75萬減16%
大約去年9月，該鋪租客佐丹奴撤出，有代理指，佐丹奴於2016年10月進駐，月租約90萬，去年10月滿約時，碰上政治風暴，只好放棄，鋪位丟空至今逾半年，業主協成行罕有地將鋪位放短租，意向月租25萬，長租每月意向75萬，較舊租金減16%。
本報向協成行查詢該鋪放租事宜，發言人回應：「該商鋪正在招租，租金依市況有所調整，我們一般不對外公開，然而，本公司相信，租金短期內仍受壓，中長期則有望回復接近正常水平。」
高峰時月租240萬
有代理透露，業主表明短租限於地鋪，惟若租客一併承租樓上，租金可商量。 「此鋪高峰期月收240萬，是協成行旗下最貴租鋪位！現時，協成行要求短租客企理，謝絕雜亂無章的貨攤！」有代理形容。
該鋪位見證市況高山低谷，1994年由bossini進駐，月租75萬，99年加至89萬，維持至2012年，隨着自由行蓬勃，鋪市急升溫，2011年，月租加至約120萬。鋪市高峰時，2013年7月由周生生以每月240萬搶租。 「當年，bossini及周生生一左一右，不斷游說業主，一個強調減點租，另一個不斷提價！」市場人士笑道。
2014年底佔中後，據悉，於2015年，周生生月租減至200萬，仍然在2016年中約滿後撤出，同年11月，由佐丹奴以每月90萬承租，較舊租金減約55%。該巨鋪3層高，地庫面積2065方呎、地下1984方呎及1樓1994方呎，總面積約6043方呎。
(星島日報)
