第2季本港甲厦租务表现平稳，惟仍录得负吸纳情况，而租金出现轻微下跌。

据一间外资代理行数据，纵使季内录得为数不少的新租赁成交，第2季香港甲级写字楼租赁市场依然录得约17.7万平方呎的负吸纳量。当中，港岛东的净吸纳量达负14.2万平方呎，主要受该区有大型租户缩减楼面及于区内调迁活动影响。

律师楼租约克大厦 3层

租赁成交方面，以美资律师楼进驻中环约克大厦 3层共24,800平方呎办公楼。另外，银行及金融业依然活跃，季内有信银投资承租友邦金融中心超过20,000平方呎楼面，亦有大华银行租用利园二期约18,600平方呎楼面。同时，租户较以前更追求具弹性的租赁条款，造就共享工作空间和商务中心扩张，例如theDesk在第2季进驻了亚太中心共12,100平方呎办公空间。

第2季本港甲级写字楼整体租金比前季下跌0.8%，各区租金均呈下跌之势，惟尖沙咀区和九龙东录得轻微升幅，按季分别上升0.3%和0.2%。由于港岛区租金跌势持续，对企业来说目前核心商业区的租金较具吸引力，其中，中区和港岛东租金按季分别跌1.1%和1.6%。

该行代理指，2022下半年将有约250万平方呎甲级写字楼面积推出市场，下半年新供应相继落成将为租户提供更多低成本的扩充和升级选择。因此，预期下半年写字楼租赁市场的吸纳量将有健康增长，租金跌幅亦相对轻微。下半年将推出市场的甲级写字楼面积中，港岛非核心区已录得数宗大型的预租成交，主要因为银行及金融业和律师事务所看準市况，以较低租金扩充或升级办公楼面，藉迁出核心区以收减省成本之效。

整体空置率升至9.4%

至于另一外资代理行最新发表的市场报告指出，香港整体甲级写字楼市场在连续8个月录得正吸纳量后，于6月录得96,800平方呎负吸纳量。6月底整体市场的空置率微升至9.4%。中环空置率由7.6%升至7.9%，而尖沙咀空置率则回落至10.2%。

该行代理表示，由于疫情持续影响租赁市场，所以吸纳量受压属正常现象。然而，部分公司仍然希望在核心商业区扩张，中环甲级写字楼租金比2019年的市场高位期下降了28.3%，对租户极具吸引力。该代理指，上月较瞩目的成交为富邦人寿于鰂鱼涌太古湾道12号 (前称太古城中心四座) 商厦内搬迁并扩张，租用12,350平方呎楼面。

租金方面，6月整体甲级写字楼市场租金按月微跌0.1%。主要分区市场中，中环租金保持平稳，而湾仔/铜锣湾录得相对较大租金跌幅。尽管如此，各分区市场的租金变幅仍较为轻微。

(经济日报)

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协成行沽北角海峰园车场 「磁带大王」2.18亿承接

北角海峰园停车场，由老牌家族协成行持有收租逾30年，最新以2.18亿售出，买家为「磁带大王」陈秉志，平均每个车位约183万。

市场消息透露，北角福荫道1至5号海峰园停车场共119个车位，由「磁带大王」陈秉志承接，陈氏接受本报查询时回应，看好海峰园住宅、车位比例为8比1，预期需求殷切，项目有水位，短期有机会拆售，并保留部分作长綫收租。

陈秉志：将拆售部分车位

海峰园由太古地产发展，是次沽售车场的为协成行，早于1991年斥资3050万向太古购入车场，持货31年，获利1.875亿，物业升值6.1倍，海峰园设3幢住宅大厦，提供924伙，车位合共119个，预期屋苑住客或周边工商区用家，对车位有需要。该车场尚未有拆契，陈秉志需为整批车位作分契程序，才得以拆售。目前，该车场由威信停车场承租，月租约50万。

持货31年升6.1倍

陈秉志在疫市下多番出手，去年12月，他斥资1.64亿买入西环德辅道西面积逾万呎巨铺，去年11月，伙拍投资者蔡志忠，向新世界购入荔枝角美孚新邨一篮子铺，作价4.55亿。

过往，他一直活跃于投资市场，曾投资逾亿买入北角柯达大厦一期全幢，购入嘉湖新北江商场二楼，并作拆售，多年来，他伙拍不同投资者购入大型民生商场，2016年与「小巴大王」马亚木、林子峰合作，以11.5亿投得青衣长康商场，去年更斥资13亿向邓成波家族购买葵涌安荫商场及荃湾石围角商场。

(星岛日报)

葵涌泉基工厦逾6.5亿易手 邓成波家族沽售 涉逾72.53%业权

市场再有大手工厦酝酿中，「铺王」邓成波家族持有的葵涌泉基工业大厦72.53%业权，以逾6.5亿易手，平均呎价3869元，该家族持货3年，物业升值14%。

市场消息透露，葵涌泉基工业大厦72.53%业权，今年初放售，意向价7亿，物业获多家财团洽商，最新有财团出价逾6.5亿，业主已落实将物业售予该名买家，只要完成尽职审查程序，即可交予新买家，该批物业总建筑面积约16.8万方呎，以涉资6.5亿计算，平均呎价约3869元。

陞域集团：不作回应

本报昨日就上述消息向邓成波孻仔邓耀昇旗下陞域集团作出查询，该集团发言人对消息不作回应。

据了解，目前该物业部分楼面连约，部分交吉，买家认为进可攻，退可守，物业可作长綫收租，日后更有统一业权作重建，重建发展的可能性。泉基工业大厦坐落于健康街15至23号，于1977年落成，楼高15层，佔地约2.5万方呎，设有4部运货电梯，以及一部客梯，并提供大量车位及设有一个货柜车上落货设施。该家族于2019年开始购入上述物业，总成本约5.7亿，持货逾3年，若以6.5亿售出，帐面获利8000万，物业升值14%。

持货3年升值14%

「铺王」邓成波于去年中离世后，该家族持续沽货，早前该家族放售的一篮子物业清单，包括住宅、工厦、商铺等物业，共涉30项，合共意向价高达70亿。该家族早前以沽售旗下深井服务式住宅汀兰居全幢，作价14.2亿，持货5年帐面蚀让2.6亿，买家为恒基四叔李兆基女婿、华大酒店主席兼执行董事郑啟文旗下公司。

此外，该家族早前亦以3300万售出荃湾牛津工业大厦4楼全层，呎价仅2536元，持货4年帐面虽获利300万，扣除代理佣金及印花税等开支，料约平手离场。

有代理表示，火炭坳背湾街38至40号华卫工贸中心低层单位，面积约2119方呎，刚以呎价约3987元售出，成交价约845万，交吉交易，新买家为投资者，原业主于2022年5月以约725万购入后随即在市场提价放售，持货仅2个多月，单位升值约16.5%，帐面获利约120万。

(星岛日报)

Hong Kong’s prime office market takes a breather as banks, other tenants pause after an eight-month leasing spree

The market recorded 96,800 square feet of so-called ‘negative net absorption’ in June, ending an eight-month positive trend driven by quality upgrade, a property agency’s report shows

Vacancy rates in the Wan Chai-Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui areas both declined, bucking the trend in Central, Kowloon East and Hong Kong East

Hong Kong’s prime office market saw a slower take-up rate in June, halting an eight-month recovery built on quality upgrade after authorities eased pandemic curbs. Cheaper rents are likely to lure more tenants in the coming months.

New supply of grade A office space exceeded demand by 96,800 square feet, or so-called negative net absorption, a property consultancy said in its latest monthly report. As a result, the overall vacancy rate rose marginally to 9.4 per cent from 9.3 per cent in May, it added.

The market recorded 1.52 million sq ft in total positive net absorption between October 2021 and May this year, as companies including China Citic Bank, FedEx and flexible office space operator IWG signed up new leases, with the fifth wave of Covid-19 pandemic forcing office landlords to cut rents.

“It is normal to see take-up rate under pressure as the leasing market is disrupted by the pandemic,” a property agent said in a statement. “There are companies looking to expand in core business districts” given the discounted rents, the agent added.

Rents of grade A offices in Central, the city’s main business district, have plunged 28.3 per cent from the peak in 2019 to HK$57.30 (US$7.30) per square foot per month, according to data compiled by the agency. The vacancy rate in the CBD climbed to 7.9 per cent last month from 7.6 per cent in May, the latest report showed.

Hong Kong’s economy will continue to improve if the city’s Covid-19 situation remains under control, finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po said last month. The job market had stabilised and local inflation risks were low, he added. The local economy shrank 4 per cent in the first quarter, hurt by the fifth wave, travel curbs and tough quarantine rules.

Both the Wan Chai-Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui office markets bucked the general trend, as their vacancy rates slipped to 9 per cent and 10.2 per cent, respectively, the agency’s report showed. However, the former suffered a “relatively larger rental drop” while it was flat in Central, it added.

Hong Kong’s overall office property segment saw an all-time high vacancy rate of 9.8 per cent in September 2021, according to the agency’s data. However, office vacancy rates in Central, peaked at 8 per cent last December.

One of the transactions in June involved Fubon Life Insurance, which leased 12,350 sq ft of lettable floor area at 12 Taikoo Wan Road in Quarry Bay for relocation and expansion within the same building, according to the agency.

Earlier this year, IWG took up more space at the former Generali building on 8 Queen’s Road East in March. YF Life Insurance signed leases in Grand Century Place and The Gateway in February and FedEx expanded in Landmark East.

(South China Morning Post)

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Sun Hung Kai offers steep discounts, deferred payment plans at Novo Land in Tuen Mun, yielding to first-home buyers’ demand for affordable housing

The first 165 flats in phase 1A at the Novo Land project in Tuen Mun were priced 12 per cent less than CK Asset Holding’s Grand Jeté project in the same area

Buyers of the 15 studio units at Novo Land will be entitled to pay by instalments

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is selling its newest apartments in Hong Kong at double-digit discounts, and offering deferred payments to selected customers, becoming the latest developer to offer incentives to bow to first-home buyers’ demand for affordable housing.

The first 165 apartments in phase 1A at the Novo Land project in Tuen Mun were priced at an average of HK$13,188 per square foot, about 12 per cent cheaper than the launch price last month at CK Asset Holding’s Grand Jeté project in the same neighbourhood, according to SHKP.

That would price Novo Land’s flats at between HK$3.29 million and HK$7.64 million, for units of between 271 square feet and 561 square feet. Phase 1A, comprising 824 flats, is scheduled for completion in June 2023.

Buyers of the 15 studio units at Novo Land will be entitled to pay by instalments, beginning with 40 per cent of the home loan in the first three years, rising to 70 per cent in the fourth through sixth years, and 100 per cent from the seventh year under a 30-year loan tenure.

“The scheme aims to help young buyers climb the property ladder more easily,” said SHKP’s deputy managing director Victor Lui.

Novo Land comprises 4,585 apartments in six phases. The buyer of a HK$3.41 million studio can borrow up to 85 per cent of the flat’s value in a 30-year loan at 2.5-percentage point discount to prime rate (5 per cent), translating to HK$4,586 in monthly instalments for the first three years.

The monthly payments would rise to HK$10,980 per month in the next three years before increasing to HK$16,176 per month from the seventh year onwards, SHKP said.

The option of paying in instalments appears attractive, but the buyer ends up paying more in interest costs, an agent said.

“The purpose of these incentives is mainly to boost sales,” the agent said. “Buyers who opt for these deferred mortgage payments will face higher interest expenses than normal home loans.”

The total interest costs for the instalment payment plan will amount to HK$2.3 million, 110.7 per cent more than the HK$1.09 million expense in an immediate payment scheme, according to calculations by a mortgage brokerage services provider.

SHKP, the largest Hong Kong developer by market value, was not the only builder to throw discounts and easy – payment incentives to entice customers.

“More developers will sweeten their home loan schemes to fight for buyers in view of abundant supply of new flats this year,” a surveyor said.

Buying desire also weakened by the city’s interest rate rise, the surveyor said.

“More home seekers prefer to stay on the sidelines to assess the impact on the market,” the surveyor said.

Couture Homes, wholly owned by CSI Properties, extended the contract completion timeline for buyers of its Dukes Place duplex units at Jardine’s Lookout on Hong Kong Island to 999 days on Monday, eight times longer than the standard 120 days in the city.

The duplex units measure between 4,078 sq ft and 4,440 sq ft, and are being sold via tender. Last September, a 2,846-square foot duplex with two car-parking bays sold for HK$200 million, or HK$70,274 per sq ft.