美国商会日前沽售中环美国银行中心自用单位，平均每方呎2.4万，造价重返7年前水平。有代理指出，目前甲厦市场呆滞，有见业主卖楼势在必行，多家财团出动希望「执死鸡」，洽购期间一减再减，最终低市价20%易手。
美国商会于本月初，正式委託代理放售美国银行中心19楼4、7及13室，面积约5968方呎，知情人士指，虽然业主意向呎价3万，为市价水平，惟当一眾準买家得悉美商会财政出现问题，纷低价试盘，有出价每方呎低至2.1万，「难得有盘源可有锄价空间。」结果，业主亦将价格一减再减，最终每方呎2.4万售出，造价约1.4亿多元。
美商会1.4亿售 低市价20%
代理指出，要追溯与同类型单位成交，为2013年10月，该厦10楼6至7室，建筑面积约3060方呎，呎价2.2万，单位同样望城市景及山景，惟层数较低，以此推算，最新成交呎价已重返7年前。追溯该厦对上一宗成交为今年2月，每呎2.88万，及后放盘呎价普遍逾3万，业主持货能力强，锄价不易。
本报昨日向代理查询，惟该代理行表示不作回应。
(星岛日报)
更多美国银行中心出售楼盘资讯请参阅：美国银行中心出售
中环甲厦租售价明显下跌，美国银行中心中层04至07及13室，面积约5,968平方呎，市传以约1.4亿元沽出，呎价近2.4万元，单位交吉交易。按此呎价计，属该厦自2013年后新低。
据了解，该单位由香港美国商会持有，1996年以5,460万元购入，作会址自用，提供餐厅、会议室等，不时举行讲座。据悉，该商会早前已搬至同区甲厦，面积约2,000平方呎，故把美银中心单位放售。若最终以1.4亿元售出，持货24年转手，获利约8,540万元。
(经济日报)
更多美国银行中心出售楼盘资讯请参阅：美国银行中心出售
牛津道一号洋房 减价1400万易手
二手豪宅录得大额成交，市场消息指，九龙塘牛津道一号，一幢洋房刚减价1,400万以1.96亿元售出，原业主连杂费计算，料是次交易实蚀约600万离场。
跑马地乐景园9600万售
据悉，牛津道一号双号屋，实用面积4,908平方呎，洋房开价2.1亿元，新近减价至1.96亿元售出，实用面积呎价39,935元。原业主于2017年以1.9亿元购入物业，持货3年，帐面虽赚600万元，但若连同釐印费及代理佣金计算，料是次交易实蚀约600万元。
另外，消息指跑马地乐景园中层B室，新近以9,600万元售出，实用面积2,583平方呎，成交呎价37,166元。原业主于2009年以5,950万元购入单位，持货21年，易手帐面赚3,650万元，赚幅61%。市传屋苑低层B室亦获买家以9,100万元洽购。
鸭脷洲南湾 呎价20457元
代理表示，鸭脷洲南湾9座高层A室，实用面积1,051平方呎，望游艇会海景，开价2,300万元，议价后以2,150万元售出，实用面积呎价20,457元。买家为同区客，购入作换楼之用。原业主于2010年以1,808.3万元购入单位，易手帐面获利341.7万元，升值约19%。
(经济日报)
Hong Kong’s home sales fizzle for a second weekend ahead of key policy address expected to boost supply of affordable homes
CK Asset and Sun Hung Kai Properties sold 65 of the 303 units on offer in two projects as of 9pm, an agent said
The lacklustre result comes as Chief Executive Carrier Lam is due to deliver her annual policy address on Wednesday and the index of second-hand homes tumbled in August
Hong Kong’s weekend home sales sputtered as buyers remained cautious ahead of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s annual policy address next week, expected to increase land supply for affordable housing to rein in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.
In the two projects that were on offer on Saturday, CK Asset Holdings sold 59 out of the 285 units at the Sea To Sky project at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O, while Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) sold six out of the 18 flats at Mount Regency in Tuen Mun as of 9pm, according to property agent.
There are signs that property buyers “are more and more reluctant to negotiate” or settle for more over catalogue prices, which compels developers to cut prices if they want to find willing buyers, the agent said.
The slump extends the disappointment of the September 26 weekend, when investors turned their backs on the biggest combined launch of 726 flats by six developers. CK Asset, SHKP, Henderson Land Developments and others managed to sell only 40 per cent of the flats on offer. At the Sea To Sky, only 68 of 285 apartments on offer found buyers.
Two continuous weekends of lacklustre sales underscores the challenges faced by Hong Kong’s real estate market, as the city’s worst recession on record gave buyers cause for pause, while an oversupply of flats released before the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year remains mostly unsold. Hong Kong’s index of second-hand houses fell 1.1 per cent in August, its biggest drop in six months, extending the declines to 4.1 per cent from the May 2019 record.
“Prices may stabilise in the short term, despite the decline in the housing price index,” agent said.
Prices at Sea To Sky started from HK$7.09 million (US$914,223), going up to HK$20.4 million for the biggest units, while Mount Regency ’s prices ranged between HK$5.9 million and HK$9.3 million.
When CK Asset began selling Sea To Sky in June, it was the costliest launch of a property project in the Tseung Kwan O neighbourhood, with prices starting from HK$6.4 million for a two-bedroom flat measuring 471 sq ft, going up to HK$17.7 million for a four-bedroom unit of 1,077 sq ft. Still, the project’s first batch was mostly sold out, with 28 buyers submitting bids for every available unit.
Four months on, and with several more developers jumping back into the market with newly completed flats for sale, buyers have more to choose from, driving some to pause to consider.
With buyers remaining on the sidelines, the Hong Kong government may resort to reclaiming more land to build affordable housing, a way to address the chronic housing problem in the former British colony.
The city’s real-estate federation has proposed to reclaim three islands around Guishan
that will accommodate around 800,000 residents, adding to the HK$624 billion Lantau Tomorrow project that was approved last year. Lam is due to address the public in her annual policy speech on Wednesday.
Hong Kong is set to miss the annual target of land supply for a third consecutive year in 2020 because of the lack of land plots available to be developed, according to analysts. The government plans to supply 12,900 new private homes for the year through March 31 next year and 7,400 have been added so far.
(South China Morning Post)
