旺角铺2250万售 56年升211倍
铺位月租6.2万享回报约3.3厘
疫情影响商铺价值，老牌业主近期沽货。旺角新填地街铺位以约2,250万成交，原业主持货56年转手，铺位升值211倍。
消息指，旺角新填地街316至320号永福大楼地下B号铺及阁楼，以约2,250万元易手。物业总面积约1,150平方呎，呎价近2万元。据悉，铺位月租约6.2万元，新买家享回报率约3.3厘。
新填地街地下连阁楼呎价2万
据悉，原业主于1964年以10.6万元购入，早前以约3,000万元放售，现今减价约25%沽货，持货56年升值211倍。
近月本港零售受疫情影响，商铺租售人均向下，而个别持铺老牌业主见物业已累积极大升幅，故愿意沽货套现。如同区旺角弥敦道644号地下，面积约1,200平方呎，以约8,500万元成交，原业主于1964年，以70万购入，持货56年转手，获利约8,430万元，升值120倍。另湾仔百年老店杨春雷特效凉茶铺，早前以5,000万成交，铺位48年升值277倍。
另商厦租金亦向下，代理表示，湾仔会展广场办公大楼中层全层，面积约19,180平方呎，意向呎租约50餘元。代理称，单位享有海景景观，提供基本天花、地台及墙身装修，单位于去年4月叫租每平方呎约80元，至近月市况欠佳，最新叫价已大幅下调逾三成。
(经济日报)
投资气氛略转好工厦拆售趁势推
本港疫情受控，而楼市气氛转好，业主趁机即推工厦拆售项目，入场银码较细，料吸引投资者。
近日市场上出现数个工厦拆售项目，代理表示，由THE BLOCK GROUP持有，位于葵涌永业街14至20号华荣工业大厦7楼B室的工厦工作室项目THe BLocK近日重推单位放售。并录得一宗买卖成交，该单位为B01室，面积约293平方呎，以逾142万元售出，平均呎价约4,850元。
葵涌THe BLocK 95万入场
THe BLocK共提供11个单位，面积约226至431平方呎不等；项目已沽出2伙，餘下9间工作室待售，售价约95万元至213万元。
代理指，9伙中有7个单位将连租约放售，租金回报约4厘；另有两个以交吉形式推售的工作室。代理补充，项目每个工作室都备有独立冷气系统及电子密码锁，大堂亦设有智能化门锁系统及24小时CCTV监察。
另外，理想集团的工厦工作室项目观塘The Icon，近日加推单位放售，发展商同时推出全新「至理想」付款优惠，买家只需付两成首期，即享有物业两年使用权，变相成交期长达两年，吸引买家入市，短短两星期内已售出10伙；项目现餘下约20个精选单位，入场费由约274万元起，呎价低至约7,100餘元。
观塘The Icon 呎价近万元
成交方面，近日The Icon中高层05室，工作室面积约279平方呎，以约276.6万元沽出，平均呎价约9,914元。代理称，短短两星期累售10个单位，当中约四成是因新付款优惠计划吸引，决定由租转买。发展商见市场反应热烈，遂加推约20个工作室，单位面积约279至740平方呎，入场费由约274万餘元起，平均呎价约7,100餘元至10,000餘元。
同区有另一工厦拆售项目，另一代理表示，位于观塘怡生工业中心A座3楼的塘K ONE 2项目，尚餘约30伙，单位面积约74至299平方呎不等，入场费由约66.5万元起，连同置业优惠等计算在内，呎价约6,300元。是次推售单位呎价对比早前开售价，减幅由约15%至28%不等。
由于本港疫情受控，楼市气氛转好，投资市场方面，业主趁市况转好，即重推工厦拆售项目。据了解，因入场费较便宜，风险相对较低，在投资市场未全面回勇下，可吸引个别投资者入市。
(经济日报)
铜锣湾劏场铺350万七年蚀让40%
受市场淡风吹袭，劏场铺位再录蚀让个案，铜锣湾一个劏场铺位，以350万售出，平均呎价约5.7万，原业主持货7年，帐面亏蚀238万，物业期间贬值40%。
核心区商铺再录蚀让个案，土地註册处资料显示，上址为铜锣湾地带1楼160号铺位，于本月5日以350万成交，买家以个人名义登记，该铺位原业主于2013年以588万购入，并以个人名义登记，为翁姓人士，持货7年，帐面亏蚀238万，物业期间贬值约四成。有代理指出，该铺位面积约61方呎，平均呎价约57377元，儘管成交呎价不算低，但仍录大幅蚀让。
呎价57377元
该商场位处铜锣湾区内一綫街道怡和街，惟受社会运动于去年年中萌芽发酵，加上新冠肺炎于今年年初爆发，该地段首当其冲受影响。
资料显示，该商场1楼单号铺位，于去年7月以1800万成交，原业主分别姓肖及姓孙，属普通话拼音，于2013年以联名形式购入，当年作价2622.5万，持货6年，帐面亏蚀822.5万，物业贬值约31%。
另一方面，商厦市场租赁仍然活跃，频录承租个案。市场消息指出，湾仔守时商业大厦低层B室，面积约1144方呎，以每呎29.5元租出，月租约33748元；佐敦四海大厦中层02A室，面积约605方呎，以每呎30元，月租约18150元；尖沙嘴富好中心低层单位，面积约1375方呎，以每呎26.9元租出，月租约36987元。
(星岛日报)
鸭脷洲地皮今截标财团出价趋保守
近期政府在疫情下接连推出地皮招标，其中鸭脷洲海旁道于今日截标。业界人士指，整体经济转差，前景未明，估值对比去年下跌15%，发展商在出价上转趋保守，最新市场估值约11.8亿至12.2亿，每方呎楼面地价约12000至13000元。
每呎估值1.2至1.3万
因应项目位于豪宅地段，加上区内缺乏新供应，市场预期将备受财团争夺。有测量师表示，由于是次地皮规模适中，总投资金额不高，加上港岛区地皮较罕有，预计可以吸引中小型发展商入标，预计是次入标反应热烈；由于地皮呈长条形，兴建市场较受欢迎的中小单位的话，后未必所有单位都可享海景，发展商需在开则上要多花心思。最新市场估值约11.8亿至12.2亿，每方呎楼面地价约12000至13000元。
较去年跌15%
测量师表示，在疫情下，目前经济下行以及失业率上升等因素下，估计发展商在出价审慎及保守，最新估值比去年中下跌15%。由于该地皮属中型豪宅项目，享海景，涉及投资额不大，同时发展商亦需补充土地储备，料有吸引不少财团入标。料会兴建中型单位为主，以吸引家庭客及换楼客。
该地盘位于鸭脷洲海旁道，地盘佔地约12150方呎，最高可建楼面约88282方呎。地皮呈长窄型，位置临海，近海旁的一面可望向香港仔避风塘及深湾一带，另一面则邻近利东邨，生活配套完善。另外，卖地章程亦要求兴建私家车及电单车车位，并要保养项目毗邻的一幅斜坡。
(星岛日报)
19 tenders for Ap Lei Chau residential site
The tender for a medium-sized residential site, Ap Lei Chau inland lot No 137 at Ap Lei Chau Praya Road, which ended today, has received a total of 19 tenders.
CK Asset (1113), Sino Land (0083), New World Development (0017), Lai Sun Development (0488) and K&K Property, China Overseas Land and Investment (0688), K Wah International (0173), Kerry Properties (00683), Yai Cheung (0088), Grand Ming (1271), Chevalier International (0025), Kaisa (1638) and seven consortiums have tendered for the site.
This is the first site to be tendered in over three years in the district. The project has to be completed before March 2025. The market has valued to site at between HK$770 million and HK$1.41 billion.
Surveyors have valued the site at HK$1.06 billion, or HK$12,000 per square foot.
(The Standard)
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority to build more than 3,000 flats at redeveloped Kowloon City site
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority (URA) on Friday took the wraps off its biggest-ever project, a plan they say will turn housing blocks once allocated for civil servants into more than 3,000 residential flats, a fivefold increase from the site’s current number.
The two pilot projects in Kowloon City, first proposed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in 2018, are expected to entail more than HK$10 billion (US$1.29 billion) in acquisition costs as the authority goes about the process of negotiating with existing residents.
URA director of planning and design Wilfred Au Chun-ho said the site was chosen due to the age of the housing blocks as well as their low density, which has not fully maximised the available space.
Other advantages included the buildings’ location near existing public housing estates, lack of competing acquisition actions by private developers, and relatively large size.
“The redevelopment will generate about five times the number of existing flats, from about 600 to 3,000, boosting housing supply,” Au said.
That number will easily outdistance the ongoing Kwun Tong town centre redevelopment, which will produce about 2,300 units.
The two Kowloon City sites, which currently host an estimated 610 households, are located on Shing Tak Street and Ma Tau Chung Road, as well as Kau Pui Lung Road and Chi Kiang Street. The first has a total area of about 5,160 square meters and is expected to yield about 640 residential flats by 2029.
The second, much larger site – near the future To Kwa Wan MTR station – boasts an area of about 16,470 square meters, and will encompass 2,500 flats by 2030-2031. An unknown number of units, to occupy about a third of the area, will be reserved for public housing.
Au said the area’s revamp will also create a “better pedestrian environment and more liveable community” through replanning and landscaping. Wider pavements, an underground shopping street connected to the future MTR station and an underground car park providing some 400 parking spaces will be among the improvements.
The existing flats were built under the Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society Scheme, which was in operation between 1952 and the mid-1980s. The government granted land to those who formed co-operatives – usually at a third of market value – to build their homes.
The owners, however, cannot sell their properties unless at least 75 per cent of members agree to dissolve the society. An owner wishing to sell also needs to pay the government a land premium – defined as the difference in the value of the property before and after redevelopment.
Currently, many of the flats are run down and vacant. Most do not have lifts and some are occupied by ageing retired civil servants. But redevelopment plans with private developers in the past have stalled due to disagreements over the land premium.
Of the 238 civil servants’ co-operative building societies in Hong Kong, 191 have been dissolved but only 12 have been redeveloped.
The URA will facilitate the legal process of dissolving the cooperative societies and the property acquisition by providing free legal consultation services to the flat owners.
Affected owners living at the site will have the option of purchasing subsidised flats via the Hong Kong Housing Society or other flats provided by the URA.
Lawmaker Tony Tse Wai-chuen, who represents the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape sector, said the plan was long overdue, as the old civil servants’ homes represented a huge reservoir of housing resources the city could tap into.
“It should not take nine to 10 years to complete the reconstruction. The URA should speed up the process to relieve Hong Kong’s housing crunch,” he said.
Leung Tak-yee, a retired civil servant affected by the development, said she welcomed the plan as her property that was built in the 1960s suffered from many structural problems, including roof that leaked when it rained.
The 72-year-old, who bought the flat in 1992 and lives there with three family members, demanded more clarity from the government.
“I want to know how much I need to pay back to the government in terms of land premium, because my compensation may be worth a lot less and not enough for me to buy other homes,” she said.
(South China Morning Post)
Mid-Levels flats as low as $4.8m hit market
Emperor International (0163) has launched the first batch of 30 units at Central 8 in Mid-Levels, at an average price of HK$29,820 per square foot. A 181-sq-ft foot unit only costs HK$4.88 million.
The prices of all 30 units are below HK$10 million. The cheapest 181-sq-ft flat is a studio unit on the fifth floor, with a per sq ft price of HK$27,006 after discounts. The average per sq ft price of this project is 0.6 percent lower than that of The Richmond's first batch.
Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) has received around 10,000 purchase offers for Wetland Seasons Park Phase 2 in Tin Shui Wai, the highest so far among new projects this year. The project will launch sales for 200 units tomorrow meaing the batch was 49 times oversubscribed.
Altissimo in Ma On Shan, jointly developed by Country Garden (2007) and Wang On Properties (1243), will launch 115 leftover units on Sunday, with 66 of them offered by tender until August 19.
In the secondary market, a three-bedroom unit in The Belcher's was sold for HK$37.5 million or HK$32,780 per sq ft.
The Pacifica in Cheung Sha Wan has recorded eight transactions so far this month, with a 501-sq-ft flat selling for HK$8.88 million, or HK$17,725 per sq ft.
In the commercial market, a 470-sq-ft unit at a building on Sharp Street in Causeway Bay changed hands for HK$28.8 million or HK$61,227 per sq ft.
Hysan Development (0014) meanwhile is offering nine refurbished units at Bizhouse in Pak Sha Road as home offices, with a monthly rent of HK$19,000 to HK$40,000 while a 19,180-sq-ft office at Convention Plaza Office Tower is only asking for a monthly rent of HK$50 per sq ft.
In other news, the one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate, rallied for the second day, up 3.04 basis points to 0.62827 percent.
(The Standard)
