4月份工商铺买卖宗数大致向上，有本港代理行统计，市场录约303宗成交，按月升近50%，总金额录约55.75亿，按月减约21%。该行认为以往復活节及清明节长假期效应，工商铺买卖有所放缓，今年4月明显反弹，反映政府该月举行连串盛事奏效。

荃中商场基座2亿易手

该行代理表示，4月录约303宗买卖，金额约55.75亿，按年分别减约6%及增约1%。适逢4月举行香港国际七人欖球赛，月内多个大型国际会议展览登场，带来经济效益胜预期。4月录约68宗铺位买卖，按月增约66%，金额约16.49亿，按月跌约68%，扣除3月份愉景新城商场约40.2亿成交，金额按月约36%增幅。月内多个商场易手，荃湾中心商场2期11至14座基座铺位，投资者黎永滔以约2亿沽；佐敦THE AUSTIN PLACE地下1、2、3、5号铺连一楼以约1.49亿沽，买家信兴集团。

商厦录41宗成交，按月增约28%，金额约14.98亿，按月增约39%。美国银行中心现两宗成交，山东如意集团沽23楼全层楼面，面积约13880方呎，作价约2.5亿，较2018年时购入价计，贬值约64%；德祥地产以约2.6亿沽同厦30楼总部全层连4个车位，面积约13880方呎，持货20年，帐面赚近1.6亿，升值约1.5倍。

工厦录约194宗成交，按月增约49%，金额录约24.27亿，按月增约两倍，当中宏安地产将引入其士作为油塘工业大厦第4座重建的合作伙伴，作价约7.97亿。

(星岛日报)

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内地金融机构抢租一线铺 租金跌幅40%旺角尖沙咀铜锣湾具吸引

近年内地豪客消费模式悄悄地由奢侈品转至投资产品，为金融机构带来新商机，纷抢租一线铺吸客，当中旺角、尖沙咀及铜锣湾区最具吸引，皆因铺租较疫市跌40%，租铺成本较以往低。

资深投资者黎永滔旗下亚皆老街67及69号单边巨铺，近日由富途证券每月逾100万承租，此铺过往2年皆由短租客进驻，月租只有30多万。黎永滔表示，内地金融机构成为铺市动力之一，还有内地食肆积极攻港，令旗下铺位洽租量大增，他索性放弃上述亚皆老街旧楼重建住宅计划，迎接新租客到来。

志在力吸内地客

事实上，金融机构巨资租铺，背后自有她的策略，意博资本亚洲执行合伙人邓声兴认为，富途证券志在内地客，产品亦并非单一港股，而是美股及多元化产品及期货。「该公司承租地铺不着眼地铺收入能否抵销成本，而是从整体效益出发，看中内地客对投资及保险需求，协助做私人理财。」

连番落户单边铺

有代理指，租金包括67号全幢单边外墙，亚皆老街及西洋菜南街两条一线街属旺角「旺中之旺」，位置理想。

富途证券去年亦进驻尖沙咀弥敦道96号美敦大厦地下及1楼，共约4437方呎，月租85万，今年初亦承租金鐘统一中心34楼全层，建筑面积约2万方呎，新办事处代替旧址统一中心13楼，令富途在港总办公面积骤增80%，上述高层景观开扬，业界估计呎租约40元，月租约80万。

内地金融机构进取，令交吉物业相继觅长租客，同为黎永滔持有的铜锣湾显辉中心全幢，去年中获安信信托承租，之前交吉两年；另外，曾丢空处处的尖沙咀栢丽大道，其中一个相连复式巨铺，亦获中信证券进驻。

(星岛日报)

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New homes rush flattens second-hand market

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.