中环中心 63楼全层 7.3亿获洽购

世茂许荣茂持有 呎价约2.8万较高峰跌4成

伙同多位投资者联手购入中环中心的世茂集团 (00813) 主席许荣茂，消息指，其持有的高层单位获7.3亿元洽购至尾声，呎价仅2.8万元，相较高峰期呎价跌逾4成。

由已故小巴大王马亚木、许荣茂、「壳后」朱太朱李月华等一眾投资者，在2017年向长实 (01113) 购入中环中心全幢商厦75%业权，其中许荣茂持有9层楼面，高峰期市值近百亿元。

据指内地友好投资者承接

据市场消息指出，其中持有的中环中心63楼全层，刚以7.3亿元获洽购，以面积26,234平方呎计算，平均呎价约2.8万元，跟去年底由「磁带大王」陈秉志持有的67楼全层成交呎价相若，但相较2018年高峰期，由投资者「物流张」张顺宜沽出49楼、50楼全层，平均呎价约5万元，则相隔6年时间，呎价大跌逾4成。

消息指，是次将採用俗称「卖壳」的公司转让形式交易，而买家据指为许荣茂内地友好投资者。若果以当年一眾投资者以402亿元购入中环中心，整体平均呎价约3.3万元计算，保守估计上述高层63楼成交价，至少需蚀让2成。

去年底14亿放售两层楼面

至于在沽出上述63楼楼层后，许荣茂仍持有中环中心 8层楼面，在去年底则有指许氏以14亿元放售其中低层两层楼面。而属于中环中心大业主之一的马亚木家族，据指早前则租出51楼一个面积约4,430平方呎单位，月租接近28万元，平均呎租约63元，租客为中资企业。

近期甲级商厦市道疲弱，不但空置率创新高，商厦楼价亦相当低迷。早前观澜湖集团或相关人士则以3.1亿元沽出，其自用的皇后大道中9号全层甲厦，面积约13,769平方呎，平均呎价约2.3万元，相较2018年高峰期同类楼层呎价低6成，呎价重回2011年水平。

另外，德祥地产 (00199) 则沽出美国银行中心30楼全层，建筑面积约13,880平方呎，连4楼4个车位，以2.6亿易手，呎价18,732元，买家为本地发展商。德祥将售后租回该全层写字楼，月租65万，租期1年，可再续租1年。

(经济日报)

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Hong Kong buyers shun new flats at Wheelock’s Park Seasons project as home sales slow in May

Wheelock Properties sold 27 of 154 units on offer at Park Seasons in Lohas Park, Tseung Kwan O, as of 8pm on Saturday

Hong Kong is set to record a month-to-month decline of 46 per cent and 31 per cent in new home and live-in home transactions

Home purchases in Hong Kong are slowing down after an initial spate of enthusiasm sparked by the government’s rollback of cooling measures nearly three months ago, with buyers taking only 17 per cent of new flats offered by Wheelock Properties in Tseung Kwan O on Saturday.

As of 8pm, 27 of 154 units on offer at Park Seasons in Lohas Park were sold.

The slow sales were “expected” as “many other units of the project had been sold in the previous launch”, a property agent said.

Wheelock priced the latest batch between HK$4.5 million and HK$7.8 million after discounts. The average price of the units, which start at 283 square feet, rose marginally from the previous batch by 0.5 per cent to HK$15,122 per sq ft.

The developer sold 126, or about three quarters, of the 168 flats on offer last month at Park Seasons on the first day of sale. The flats comprised one to two-bedroom units between 322 and 496 sq ft, priced from HK$4.54 million to HK$7.7 million.

Wheelock said it expected sales to be slower this time. A spokesman noted that the project has “sold many units over the past few weeks”.

“We just wanted to supply additional flats for potential homebuyers and give them more options in the coming days,” the agent said.

The lukewarm response comes as buying interest in Hong Kong’s residential property shows signs of abating.

A total of 1,340 new homes and 2,322 lived-in units had been sold this month up to Wednesday, according to data from another property agency.

Given the trend, the city is likely to record 1,900 transactions of new homes and 3,000 involving second-hand homes, representing a decline of 46.4 per cent and 31.7 per cent, respectively, from April, according to another agent.

Despite the moderating demand, “the performances of both first-hand and second-hand markets are still better than before the cooling measures were removed”, the agent added.

In his budget speech on February 28, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced the lifting of all curbs originally put in place to cool an overheated market.

Mortgage financing was eased too, with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority allowing homes valued at less than HK$30 million to be eligible for 70 per cent mortgage financing, compared with the previous cap of 60 per cent for flats valued between HK$15 million and HK$30 million.

Last month, Hong Kong’s property transactions came close to a three-year high, with 9,880 units changing hands, according to official data. It marked the second consecutive month of increase in property deals in the city.

The April sales – the highest since July 2021 when 9,957 units including car parks, shops, industrial and office units were sold – were roughly double the number in March, which marked the first full month of a restriction-free property market.

The total value of property sales in April surged by 125 per cent to HK$83.9 billion from HK$37.4 billion the previous month.

Although “the overall market is still dominated by local buyers for the time being”, buyers from mainland China are pushing demand higher, Chan said.

“The number of mainland buyers has indeed increased significantly after the measures were lifted, generally accounting for about 30 per cent,” he said. “What cannot be ignored is that the number of mainland buyers is still increasing.”

Chan expects that Hong Kong’s residential market will continue to move “in a positive direction, while property prices will depend on the overall performance of the economy and the possibility of interest rate cuts in the second half of the year”.