近期古洞及北区地皮成焦点，上周再有住宅地截标，获多组财团争购，将于周内开标，而区内一带的地价亦拾级而上，当中，在上月开标的粉岭地，就由永泰逾26亿夺得，每呎楼面地价达9208元，创新界东北住宅地呎价纪录。永泰地产投资及发展部董事总经理吴家煒称，随着基建及交通配套改善，东北区属未来大型供应区，并看好其发展潜力，而粉岭项目将主打中小户型，力吸首置客，以及年轻买家。

永泰吴家煒接受本报专访时称，集团睇好东北一带的发展前景，属未来大型供应区，随着交通配套改善，包括往后建成的北环綫、东铁、西铁等，由新界前往市区的交通时间大为缩短，就例如现时屯门区，就有巴士前往港岛东一带，车程只需约45分鐘，无疑拉近整个生活圈，即工作、玩乐及消閒等。

迎合年轻买家喜好

至于古洞区，吴氏认为，本港已很久没有大型新市镇出现，与以往15或20年前的情况不同，当时无论交通、购物消閒配套仍未够完善，现时已大为改善，更适合喜爱大自然环境的年轻客买家要求。

吴家煒再指，粉岭地皮初步计画兴建中小户型，并以1房及2房为主，涉及约700伙，而实际投资额仍计算当中。

沿用「Affordable Luxury」规划

过往集团旗下的屯门3个新盘 (即THE CARMEL、OMA OMA 及 OMA by the Sea )，市场反应理想，买家大部分为25至35岁人士，故此粉岭项目会继续沿用「Affordable Luxury」方针作规划，针对新世代买家对优质生活态度及其喜好作设计，除力吸首置客，以及年轻买家外，亦可望吸引中港商人。同时亦正物色国际级大师协助设计。

对于被外界指，集团是次购粉岭地属「志在必得价」，吴氏再指，地皮具有高的潜在价值，因此价值亦较高，同时亦极具优点，包括邻近未来北环綫铁路， 区内将成双铁路交汇站，而且由项目步行至上水站仅约10分鐘，交通便捷。另外，项目邻近发展中的落马洲河套发展，以及位处粉岭高尔夫球场旁。

买地採「因地而择」策略

对于未来的买地策略，吴氏续称，集团採「因地而择」的策略，没有特定的区域限制，卖地表中各幅土地均有作出研究，但钟情于邻近有大自然环境的地皮，另项目与周遭的环境融为一体，例如过去的九肚澐灃、澐瀚，以及屯门三大项目等。

至于同系的 OMA OMA 方面，吴家煒再指，该项目已接近现楼阶段，正待批满意纸，而另一项目 OMA by the Sea 已沽出逾85%单位。

(星岛日报)

石天2.4亿 沽九龙塘毕架山道豪宅

市场消息指，九龙塘毕架山道悦园双号屋，实用面积4,439平方呎，以约2.4亿元沽出，呎价约54,066元。

34年间帐面升值39倍

据土地註册处资料显示，原业主为石天影业有限公司，公司董事是刘伟城 (石天) 及刘维新，两人早于1987年以此公司名义斥资595万元买入上述单位。换言之，单位于34年间帐面升值39倍。

资料亦显示，单位为「四按盘」，因为原业主于2016年至2020年期间，已经分别向不同财务公司或人士承造4次按揭。事实上，物业原本于去年4月曾在拍卖行拍卖，当时开价1.88亿元，惟最后拍卖一度延期，至今才出售。有区内代理亦透露，上述单位原本叫价约3.6亿元，即目前成交价较叫价低约33%。

石天是著名导演、制作人及本地演员，并曾于1980年曾经与著名电影人黄百鸣及麦嘉组成新艺城影业有限公司，并曾制作多部经典的港产电影，如英雄本色II等。

(经济日报)

Higher prices dampen primary home sales

Primary property transactions are expected to fall 20 percent from a month ago to 1,500 in July as home prices keep rising, according to property agency.

Property agent said that more than 1,100 primary property transactions have been recorded this month while their market index, which reflects secondary residential property prices, has been hovering at record highs.

However, rising home prices have brought down transaction volumes, the agent said.

Over the weekend, K&K Property sold 41 units, or 52 percent out of the first batch of SkyeHi in Tuen Mun. Comprising three price lists, the first round sales offer a total of 79 one-bedroom units with areas ranging from 265 to 290 sq ft at discounted prices of HK$4.5 million to HK$6 million.

And Hip Shing Hong's Ho Man Tin project, Madera Garden was fully subscribed as the developer received more than 30 checks for its first batch of 30 units over the weekend.

Meanwhile, homebuyers were reviewing their options after six local banks suspended mortgages for China Evergrande's (3333) uncompleted projects in Tuen Mun and Chueng Shan Wan.

The buyer of a 307-sq-ft one-bedroom unit in Emerald Bay II canceled the HK$5.28 million deal and was expected to forfeit a 5 percent deposit of more than HK$260,000.

It is estimated that nearly 60 buyers from Emerald Bay II in Tuen Mun and The Vertex in Chueng Shan Wan are affected by the suspension, while there have been a total of 18 forfeitures in the primary market so far this month.

In the secondary market, the agency’s top ten housing estates recorded 18 transactions in the weekend, a 20 percent increase from a week before.

The figure has stayed in double-digits for 23 consecutive weekends, that is, in the past six months.

Among them, Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai accounted for six transactions, the highest among the blue-chips estates, followed by Whampoa Garden in Hung Hom and Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung, which both recorded three transactions respectively.

Two housing estates, namely Tai Koo Shing in Quarry Bay and Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok, recorded no transactions.

(The Standard)

K&K Property’s one-bed flats in Tuen Mun meet with tepid response as Hong Kong buyers await bigger project launches

The SkyeH! development appealed mainly to cost-conscious, first-time buyers, according to property agents

Only half of the batch of 79 flats were sold on Sunday, but property agents remain positive about the market outlook as the economy recovers

A sale of new flats in the west of Hong Kong’s New Territories failed to hit the spot with buyers on Sunday, with only half of the 79 small units available being snapped up.

But property agents said the modest sales at K&K Property’s project SkyeH! , which has a total of 112 units, were not indicative of the overall state of the city’s real estate market. They said that because all the units in the development are one-bedroom flats, it has mostly attracted younger, cost-conscious first-time homebuyers.

Older, more experienced buyers with deeper wallets are standing on the sidelines awaiting the launch of bigger new projects, such as Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Wetland Seasons Bay project in Tin Shui Wai next month. That development has 1,996 flats on offer and will be a more accurate gauge of overall demand, the agents said.

“Property prices are likely to continue to rise for the rest of this year,” property agent said. “We are keeping our full-year forecast of a 15 per cent rise this year compared to 2020.”

Prices at SkyeH! ranged from HK$22,204 to HK$22,530 per square foot, yielding a total cost of between HK$4.5 million and HK$5.4 million per flat.

Based on the developer’s price list published on July 15, the launch price was 11 per cent higher than a nearby project even after K&K property offered a discount of up to 16 per cent at SkyeH!.

A total of 550 registration of interests were received for this, the first round of sales, meaning about seven interested buyers were going after each of the 79 units available.

The tepid reception for SkyeH! follows similar responses seen on Saturday, when just 30 of a combined 191 leftover apartments at four projects were sold, less than a fifth of the total on offer.

For the rest of this month, a lack of sizeable project launches will probably lead to a drop in new unit transactions, some property agents have said.

Property agent expects that about 1,800 units to have changed hands by the end of this month, totalling HK$25 billion. That would represent monthly declines of 6.7 per cent and 16.4 per cent respectively.

“Both new and used home transactions have declined in July as property prices have trended higher,” another agent said.

Hong Kong’s second-hand home prices dipped by 0.5 per cent to 186.89 in the week ending July 18, according to the agency’s market index, which tracks transactions in 100 housing estates across the city. The current level is only 1.9 per cent off the June 2019 peak of 190.48.

But the agent said that they remain optimistic about the market outlook because of the city’s economic recovery after the Covid pandemic was brought under control. The prospect of Hong Kong and Chinese governments waiving quarantine requirements for travellers could rejuvenate demand from mainland buyers, the agent said.

(South China Morning Post)