经济环境欠佳，商厦买卖淡静，市场却录一宗罕见短炒，成为逆市奇葩，湾仔资本中心全层连3个车位，以2.36亿易手，平均呎价1.5万，据了解原业主持货仅10个月，帐面极速获利约4600万，物业升值24%。
上述为湾仔资本中心23楼全层，属凤凰楼层，连3个车位，全层建筑面积约15,727方呎，刚以2.36亿易手，平均呎价1.5万元，交易以买卖公司进行，现址交吉，市场人士料买家为用家，趁市况不景置业自用。
据了解，原业主于2022年11月以1.9亿购入物业，当时为银主盘，短短10个月极速赚钱，属极罕见短炒赚钱个案。
平均呎价1.5万
该物业曾由天津最大国企天津物产集团于2014年1月以2.23亿元买入，作为集团总部，去年3月沦为银主盘，意向价2.7亿元，及后多番减价，最终以1.9亿易手，买家对该厦非常熟悉，早年亦买卖过同厦物业。
去年11月成交价1.9亿
市场人士分析，资本中心全层于去年11月以呎价1.2万元易手，属低市价水平，呎价约1.35万至1.4万元为合理价，由于购入价低，造就今次短炒。
原业主于该厦买卖有前科，曾于2010年10月以1.56亿买入同厦12楼，并于2016年5月以205.9亿估出，持货5年半，帐面亦赚4,940万元。
资本中心交投不多，于2021年11月，面积约10380方呎，以买卖公司连3车位易手，作价约2.28亿，呎价约21965元，于该厦逾两年以来呎价新高。
原业主于2013年以约1.7127亿购入，持货8年帐面获利约5673万，物业期间升值约33%。
近期，中环美国银行中心亦录银主盘买卖，美国银行中心 23楼全层，建筑面积约13880方呎，连同4楼5号、6号相连车位，以及50号车位，以3.38亿易手，呎价约24352元。
该单位望遮打花园及维港景，属优质单位，原业主为中资公司，5年前斥资7亿购入。
(星岛日报)
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中环中心罕有出售 合长綫投资
中环指标商厦少拆散，而中环中心为罕有指标甲厦可供出售，加上物业为地标之一，故适合长綫投资。
中环中心位于皇后大道中99号，地理上，属于中环边綫地段，较邻近上环区，少许偏离置地广场一带，并非中环最核心商业地段。不过，由于附近配套足，亦是区内指标甲厦。
交通方面，可由港铁香港站出口前往国际金融中心，再由天桥步行至该厦，需时约8至10分鐘，而皇后大道中交通便利，巴士多不胜数。另外，物业地库设3层停车场，提供逾400个私家车位。事实上，近期有投资者拆售中环中心35个车位，售价由430餘万元起，短期内全数售出，合共涉约1.7亿元。
饮食配套上，邻近物业的中环街市，近年进行活化，现时设有大量餐厅及商店，上班人士可到附近威灵顿街、士丹利街一带餐厅，亦可从半山扶手电梯前往苏豪区，更多特色餐厅，或可前往国际金融中心商场，既有优质食肆，亦有5星级酒店等提供商务午餐。至于大厦内设有数间咖啡室、外卖店等。
大厦共设73层，楼高346米，高度称得上是皇后大道中商厦指标，目前于中环商厦群中，仅次于国际金融中心、中银大厦等商厦，外形上已是本港指标商厦之一。该厦在落成时，为全球首个以可变色霓虹灯设计作装饰的建筑物。
「星形」间隔 全层无柱设计
整个项目佔地颇大，横跨两大地段，分别设有皇后大道中及德辅道中入口。地下设有花园、喷泉及一个大型彩色显示屏讯。物业地下大堂设计具特色，楼底极高，并用大量玻璃作建筑物料料引入天然光，令环境宽敞舒适。另外，近年地下加装入闸机，保安严密。
楼面间隔上，该厦以「星形」间隔，全层无柱式设计，而楼层面积约2.5万至2.6万平方呎，实用率则约75%，最细单位面积约千餘平方呎。景观方面，大致上物业40楼以上楼层，多享开扬维港海景，而中低层则望中环繁华闹市景。
中环中心于1998年落成，由长实 (01113) 兴建，最初大部分楼面作收租，仅小部分包括顶层曾出售。2017年长实以402亿元售出中环中心75%楼面，主要楼层位于19至78楼，合共涉及47层楼面，楼面约122万平方呎，呎价约3.3万元，成为本港历来最大宗物业成交。近两年物业少有买卖，对上一宗为2021年尾，物业中层全层，面积约25,412平方呎，以7.58亿元成交，呎价约2.96万元。
(经济日报)
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6单位放售 呎价2.38万元起
中环中心罕有细单位发售，「小巴大王」马亚木，现放售中环中心27楼6伙，呎价约2.38万元起。
入场费约4000万
有代理表示，单位面积由1,800餘平方呎至约14,000平方呎，亦可分为两组单位出售，每组面积约7,000平方呎，入场费约4,000餘万元。单位部分提供基本装修，间隔不俗，适位中小型公司使用，亦可作投资用途。
租金方面，该厦高层及低层单位，因享景观有异，租金差距颇大。如近日一个低层2,000餘平方呎单位，成交呎租约45元，而8月份高层单位，面积约3,722平方呎，成交呎租约65元。
同区买卖方面，附近乙厦永安集团大厦14楼全层，日前以3.47亿元易手，原业主为信兴集团。物业面积约15,946平方呎，呎价约2.17万元。
(经济日报)
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第四季工商买卖料增 商厦先起动
第三季整体工商铺买卖仍淡静，踏入末季，近期成交有增，而商厦更是连录大手成交。
今年初香港开关后市场復甦步伐未如预期，工商铺面对不同挑战，令第三季工商铺交投表现欠佳。有本港代理行统计，第三季工商铺买卖成交未能重返1,000宗，为连续第4个季度低于千宗水平，合共仅录得约801宗买卖成交，按季及按年比较均下跌约20%；总成交金额则录得约131.2亿元，比第二季减少约9%，按年同期更下跌约19%。
中环永安集团大厦全层 41年升值5倍
不过，踏入10月份，交投有所增加，而商厦更为焦点。资料显示，中环永安集团大厦14楼全层，上月底连租约以3.47亿元易手，以面积15,946平方呎计，呎价约2.18万元。翻查资料，该层楼面由老牌信兴电子集团持有，早于1982年以5,451万元购入，持货41年，帐面赚逾2.92亿元，物业升值近5.4倍。
事实上，信兴较早前亦有沽出工商物业套现，涉及以约3,000万元售出土瓜湾北帝大厦地下铺位。
另外，近日市场更传出中环全幢商厦洽购。消息称，由投资者朱立基持有中环盈置大厦全幢，获财团以逾60亿元洽购至尾声。物业楼高22层，总楼面约26.46万平方呎，现时每月租金收入约1,300万元。朱立基在2009年9月，以约36亿元购入盈置大厦，持货14年，若成功转手帐面赚约24亿元，升值约67%。事实上，早前阿联酋航空以月租约55万元租用盈置大厦1个复式巨铺，面积约6,000平方呎，属非常罕有航空公司租用核心区大楼面商铺。
渣甸街全幢易手 料享3厘回报
至于商铺方面，核心区亦录大额成交，铜锣湾渣甸街49号全幢，佔地约900平方呎，地铺、阁楼至5楼，合共有7层，以约9,020万易手。地铺租客为甜品店，连同楼上5个住宅，全幢月租约22.8万元，新买家为投资者杨万勤，料回报约3厘。原业主于2017年6月以约1.05亿元购入物业，早前以1.5亿元放售，最终大幅减价成交，持货6年，帐面亏损约1,480万元，物业贬值约14%。
分析指，在高息环境下，令投资物业交投淡静，惟工商铺过去已录价格调整，加上投资者憧憬息口快见顶，现把握机会入市。在3个范畴中，近期以商厦表现最佳，包括中环美国银行中心、上环信德中心，以及尖沙咀铁路大厦，均录全层买卖成交，反映用家及投资者趁低价入市，料商厦买卖将持续向好。
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虚拟资产公司 28万租尖沙咀铺
近期JPEX事件无阻虚拟资产公司扩充。土地註册处资料显示，一家虚拟资产公司刚以月租约28万元，承租尖沙咀美丽都大厦地下59、60号，及1楼19、20号铺，面积约3,000平方呎，呎租近93元。
个别乙厦录低价成交，消息指，尖沙咀九龙中心低层05至06室，面积约1,391平方呎，以约1,126万元成交，呎价约8,095元，属近年新低。据悉，对上一宗较低价成交，为2020年，物业低层单位，以每呎约9,000元沽出。
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Emperor joins chorus for lower stamp duty
Emperor International (0163) vice-chairman Alexander Yeung Ching-loong has called on the government to lower the stamp duty for Hongkongers buying a second home amid a weak market sentiment.
Yeung also recommended deferring the payment of the buyer's stamp duty until the time when the purchaser sells the unit.
Local residents who already own a residential property are currently subject to a 15 percent ad valorem stamp duty for their subsequent home purchases. Non-permanent residents are required to pay both ad valorem stamp duty and buyer's stamp duty totaling 30 percent of the prices for any home purchases, though they can apply for a refund of the extra tax for their first home after getting the permanent residency.
Speaking at a naming ceremony of the developer's new project Southsky, Yeung said the recent performance of the property market was disappointing and he hoped there will be good news in the policy address next week.
The project in Aberdeen, to be sold at around that time, will provide a total of 110 flats, he noted.
Homes at the development range from 245 to 881 square feet and the first batch will involve at least 50 flats, said Yeung.
His suggestions were echoed by a property agent who said the government should remove all property cooling measures.
The agent believes this would help boost sentiment and transactions volumes by 5 to 10 percent, but not the prices as macro factors like the high rates and the economy continue to weigh on the market.
The Israel-Hamas war might push inflation up again and interest rates may therefore stay higher for longer, the agent said, adding that the rents of high-end residential properties on Hong Kong Island may rise by 10 percent next year as more people from both the mainland and overseas come to the city after Covid.
This came as the Lands Department said land premiums rocketed by nearly 27 times to HK$4.84 billion last quarter from the previous three months. It registered 29 lease modifications, nine land exchanges, and one lot extension in the Land Registry during the quarter ended September.
In the primary market, Chinachem sold a 1,367-sq-ft flat with three bedrooms at Victoria Coast in Pok Fu Lam via tender for HK$33.6 million, or HK$24,600 per sq ft, bringing the total number of sales to four homes.
In Shau Kei Wan, Nan Fung Group sold the last unit of Island Garden via tender. The 2,105-sq-ft home with two parking spaces was sold for HK$45 million, or HK$21,378 per sq ft.
(The Standard)
A property agent says removal of Hong Kong’s property curbs is likely to boost home sales, but high interest rates are likely to keep prices in check
Removal of cooling measures is likely to ‘impact sentiment and … increase the transaction volumes by 5 per cent to 10 per cent’, the agent says
All eyes are on Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address on October 25, when he could announce an end to Hong Kong’s property curbs
The removal of Hong Kong’s property cooling measures is likely to increase home sales by 5 to 10 per cent, but prices are not likely to see a sharp upswing because of high interest rates, according to a luxury property agency.
Another round of interest rate increases could also be in the offing, especially if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on any longer and worsens in the coming days, potentially leading to a surge in oil prices, an agent said.
“Hong Kong’s property market is soft at the moment and, the market will probably soften a little bit more, and it’s nearly at the peak of interest rates,” the agent said. “Removal of the cooling measures is likely to impact sentiment and it would increase the transaction volumes by 5 per cent to 10 per cent.”
Government officials have recently dropped hints that the property curbs could be removed soon, and the real estate industry is anticipating an announcement about this when Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong’s leader, delivers his second policy address on October 25.
Hong Kong has since 2009 sought to stop excessive property price speculation after interest rates fell to near-zero globally following the Lehman Brothers collapse. The measures launched to keep a lid on such activity include tightened borrowing margins, higher duties on foreign purchasers, as well as on buyers who flip their assets within three years.
Hong Kong’s property market has, however, changed tremendously, especially since 2019. The city’s anti-government protests broke out that year and were followed by the coronavirus pandemic in the 2020-22 period.
For instance, Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices declined by about 15 per cent between August and a peak recorded in September 2021, according to a government index. Property developers have also cut prices of new flats, with the likes of CK Asset Holdings selling units at its The Coast Line II project in Yau Tong in August at prices last seen in the city in 2016.
Meanwhile, property transactions have also remained subdued this year, with 49,065 units changing hands as of Friday, according to data compiled by another property agency. The data includes the sales of car parking spaces and commercial buildings.
Last year, more than 52,000 property units were sold by the end of October. More importantly, the full-year tally for 2022 was the lowest in terms of transaction volumes since the agency started compiling data in 1997.
With Hong Kong’s currency pegged to the US dollar, the city’s monetary policy has moved in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve’s policies. Hong Kong’s most recent tightening was in July, when the base rate was raised by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent, higher by 5.25 percentage points in total since the Fed began its aggressive bid to tame runaway inflation in the US in March 2022.
“This is a global thing and having interest rates that are higher for longer is causing pain in real estate markets,” the agent said. “After watching what’s happening in the Middle East … that might push inflation up if oil prices surge and that might result in another interest rate hike next year.”
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has re-emerged at a time when many analysts believed that tightening by monetary authorities across the global was almost over.
“What’s happening in Israel and Gaza is heartbreaking and it’s a disaster on both sides,” the agent said. “If [the conflict] pushes oil prices up, it’s going to push inflation up and that’s going to end up with another interest rate rise.
“And the more that goes on and the worse it gets, it’s going to have consequences for everyone.”
(South China Morning Post)
