市场消息指，中环渣打银行大厦中层全层，面积约7,536平方呎，成交呎租约85元，属市价水平。据了解，该厦大租户仍为渣打银行，而较早前该银行决定放弃承租部分楼面。

铜锣湾世贸中心 呎租约57

另消息称，铜锣湾世贸中心中高层02至03室，面积约3,600平方呎，以每平方呎约57元租出。

商厦买卖方面，尖沙咀星光行中层04室，面积约920平方呎，以约1,490万元成交，呎价约1.62万元。

工厦成交上，有代理表示，荃湾美环街1至6号时贸中心23楼07室，面积约651平方呎，单位以交吉形式出售，成交价约386万元，平均呎价约5,929元。马氏指，上述单位原于今年4月以约382万元售出后，惟有关交易最终挞订告终；业主随即重推，并于短短数月即获承接，是次成交价较挞订价微升约4万元，新买家为投资者。

(经济日报)

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星光行中层每呎1.62万沽

甲级商厦有价有市，备受实力买家追捧。尖沙嘴星光行中层海景优质户，以约1490万售出，呎价约1.62万，属市价水平，物业于18年间升值约2.78倍。

呎价1.62万属市价水平

市场消息指出，尖沙嘴星光行中层4室，建筑面积920方呎，以约1490.4万售出，平均呎价1.62万。地产代理指出，上址属该厦海景优质户，成交价属贴市价水平，原业主于2004年以约393.76万购入，持货18年帐面获利约1096.24万，物业期间升值约2.78倍。

据代理行资料显示，星光行近期频录买卖，其中8楼9室，建筑面积878方呎，上月以1380万售出，呎价约15718元；另一宗成交为7楼20室，建筑面积878方呎，今年5月以1229万售出，呎价约1.4万。

此外，同区宝勒商业大厦亦录成交，消息指该厦中层单位，建筑面积约1800方呎，以约1764万售出，呎价约9800元。

宝勒商厦呎价9800元

另一方面，有代理表示，荃湾美环街1至6号时贸中心23楼7室，建筑面积约651方呎，以交吉形式售出，作价约386万，呎价约5929元，买家为投资者，购入作长綫收租用途，料租金回报率逾4厘。马氏指，上述单位原于今年4月以约382万售出，惟买家最终挞订，业主随即重推，并于短短数月获承接，是次成交价较之前交易微升约4万。

(星岛日报)

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上半年50大甲厦录39宗买卖

受疫情等因素打击，上半年甲厦市场备受压力。有代理行指出，上半年50大甲厦仅录39宗买卖，按年急挫6成。该行预期，现时甲厦市场已见底，料下半年租售价可回升，整体幅度近5%内。

该行昨日发表商厦市场报告指出，上半年甲厦租金累跌3%，甲厦售价累跌1.7%。50大甲厦成交量按年挫六成，上半年仅录得39宗买卖。

代理行: 成交量急挫6成

虽然6月份甲厦售价按月回升3.2%，但上半年仍累跌1.7%，当中湾仔区甲厦的售价跌幅最大，今年来累跌20.6%，最新平均呎价23114元。上月最瞩目的买卖成交，为佳源以约1.13亿售出中环皇后大道中9号中层单位，建筑面积3290方呎，呎价约34346元，低市价约15%。

6月甲厦售价回升3.2%

该行代理表示，上半年受第五波疫情影响，企业对扩充业务持观望态度，对商厦需求较弱，大手租务多属搬迁个案。今年上半年最大手的租务成交个案，为中资中信银行 (国际) 进行同区搬迁，租用太古地产旗下新落成的太古坊二座共6层楼面，总面积逾13万方呎，呎租约50元。

该代理指出，甲厦租金经历两年多的调整，相信已经见底，预料下半年会轻微回升，今年全年整体甲厦售价及租金升幅在5%以内。

(星岛日报)

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西贡全幢商场银主盘5亿易手 附设387个停车位 料新买家购入后改装

民生区零售物业于疫市下备受追捧，市场消息透露，西贡翠塘路全幢商场银主盘，以约5亿易手，该商场附设387个停车位，物业19年间升值约2.3倍。业内人士指出，预期买家购入后会改装及翻新。

市场消息指出，西贡翠塘路1A号CENTRO，为一幢商场及停车场，属银主盘，地盘面积34047方呎，项目楼高10层，总楼面约266562方呎，铺位楼面佔56504方呎，停车位387个，以约5亿易手，按铺位面积计，成交呎价约8848元。

现租客为超市及保龄球场

地产代理指出，上述物业早前以招标形式放售，叫价约6.5亿，惟受疫情等因素影响，市场反应一般，最终成交价较叫价低约1.5亿，幅度约23%。

上述物业现时分别由连锁超市及保龄球场承租，上手业主为外资企业，早于2003年以约1.5亿购入，惟于近年向多家财务公司承造按揭，最终因资不抵债而沦为银主盘。

资料显示，该项目早于2018年曾向城规会申请，将物业8楼及9楼的停车场临时改作「商店及服务行业」用途，涉及楼面约4.8万方呎，惟于2019年中被城规会否决。

有代理称，上述物业位置较偏远，周边人流量不算太高，虽然项目附设387个停车位，惟日后拆售机会不大，料买家购入后，需改装及翻新。

区内连录大手铺位成交

事实上，近期西贡区内频录大手铺位成交，资料显示，西贡万年街85号地铺连阁楼，早前以暗盘形式放售，总建筑楼面约1500方呎，最新以3200万售出，呎价约2.13万。

买家为全记海鲜酒家东主吴金福及相关人士，该铺亦是全记海鲜酒家现址，意味该酒家转租为买，购入该铺位作自用用途。上述铺位现时月租约4.7万，以此计算，回报约1.76厘。原业主属长情业主，早于1976年购入，持货46年料获利可观。

另外，区内近期另一较瞩目买卖为西贡市场街地下38至40号铺位，建筑面积约900方呎，另阁楼面积约450方呎，于今年3月以约2250万售出，呎价约2.5万。

买家为外号西贡铺王的资深投资者罗茂祥。据悉，上址原业主于2012年及2013年分别以1100万及1050万购入，涉资2150万，持货十年帐面获利约100万，惟扣除代理佣金及印花税等开支，料平手离场。

(星岛日报)

Is Hong Kong’s property market turning? Buyers walk away from 21 signed contracts, forfeiting US$1.1 million in deposits amid rising rates

A total of 21 buyers of the project in Cheung Sha Wan failed to complete transactions they agreed to in 2020, says Twin City Holdings

The number of terminations in one day is among the highest in memory and may be a sign of more to come in a soft market, one agent says

The developer of The Vertex, a housing development in Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan district, terminated 21 flat purchases on Tuesday as the would-be buyers failed to complete their transactions, forfeiting a total of HK$8.83 million (US$1.1 million) in deposits.

The number of terminated deals in a single day was among the highest in memory, and the Hong Kong housing market may see more abandoned purchases given an outlook that calls for falling prices amid rising mortgage rates, a broker said.

Developer Twin City Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of VMS Group, said it notified the 21 buyers about the termination of the transactions and the forfeit of their 5 per cent deposits on Tuesday.

The Vertex went on sale in 2019. The 21 buyers had agreed between April and December of 2020 to buy units ranging in size from 224 square feet to 517 sq ft for between HK$5.6 million and HK$12.1 million, according to government records.

The developer terminated the deals because the buyers “could not be contacted or did not apply for the developer’s mortgage scheme, or indicated that their intention was to not complete the transaction,” according to the developer’s statement on Tuesday.

Embattled China Evergrande Group developed The Vertex, but reportedly sold its share to partner VMS Group last November. Before the change of ownership, Evergrande faced a conflict with agents over unpaid commissions, which was resolved after VMS Group took over. The developer started to deliver homes to buyers in May.

“It is one of the highest numbers of cancellation cases to happen on the same day in a project,” a property agent said. “There will likely be more buyers walking away from their purchases at a time when home prices are heading for a downward trend.”

Prices for Hong Kong homes in the mass-market category (homes of less than 69.9 square metres) are expected to fall as much as 10 per cent this year, driven by an upwards trend in interest rates, according to another agency.

The average mortgage rate will continue to rise through the remainder of the year, driving the capital value of mass residential properties to drop 5 per cent to 10 per cent this year, agent said.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s de facto central bank, has raised rates in tune with the US Federal Reserve. Based on the current Hibor, or the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate, the actual mortgage interest rate for some mortgages has risen to more than 2.1 per cent, hitting the highest level in more than two years.

All of the 21 buyers at The Vertex selected a staged payment scheme, meaning they would need to arrange mortgage loans to pay the outstanding balance of as much as 90 per cent of the purchase price when the flats were ready for delivery.

Earlier this month, about 20 buyers who had opted for the developer’s mortgage plan protested that after the development changed ownership last November, the developer reduced the amount that could be mortgaged from 90 per cent to 80 per cent.

Twin City, however, said “the new management has resumed the loan-to-value [LTV] ratio of 90 per cent to buyers in March”. Out of 86 buyers who applied for the LTV ratio of 90 per cent, 76 won approval from the designated finance companies, according to the company.

“But some of the approved applicants did not complete the home-loan agreements, leading them to be unable to complete the transactions in accordance with the schedule,” Twin City said.

(South China Morning Post)