有外资代理行最新发表的香港每月物业市场报告指，港岛区整体甲厦租金回落，整体空置率达到12.6%新高。随着零售销货进一步下跌，铺租继续面临下行压力。

2024年4月，港岛区整体甲厦平均租金回落至每方呎64.2元，按年跌5.2%，整体空置率在4月份达到12.6%新高，中环甲厦租金跌幅最显著，按年跌9.1%。

呎租跌至64.2元

香港写字楼录内地企业查询，一般而言，面积5000方呎以下，拥海景及装修最受捧，由于市场缺乏新需求，该行预计港岛区甲厦短期内空置率维持高位，今年全年租金将跌幅3%以内。

九龙区写字楼租赁势头低迷，4月份平均月租按月跌1.7%，至每方呎22.8元，连续第三个月下跌，交易以平均面积3000方呎或以下细交易为主。九龙东租赁较活跃，4月份交易以搬迁为主，该行预计租户谨慎，短期内仍面临供过于求和需求疲弱。

九龙区商厦呎租22.8元

零售业销售持续疲弱，3月份零售业总销售额按年大跌7%至312亿，两年来最差，最近主要零售街铺租赁活动显示出更强劲的势头。 儘管主要零售街铺租赁增加，随着零售销售进一步下跌，铺租面临压力，许多零售商指黄金周销售数字令人失望，旅客消费下跌、人民币疲弱及内地经济缓慢反弹，对旅游业復甦构成挑战。

(星岛日报)

邓成波家族两市区商场 叫价10亿

政府积极推动盛事，从而吸引更多旅客来港消费，核心区商铺受惠外，民生区商场出租情况亦较之前有所提升，今年度本港基座商场易手个案频仍，邓成波家族趁势推售两个市区商场项目，涉及意向价共约10亿元。

银城广场6层楼面放售

有本港代理行代理表示，邓氏家族放售物业为旺角银城广场及荔枝角美孚广场。其中，银城广场位处旺角西洋菜南街最旺地段，属游客必到打卡潮地及购物热点，推售楼层分布于地库、1至3及5至6楼，面积合共约30,128平方呎，意向价约5亿元，该项目现有租客为夹公仔、营养保健产品及电脑产品等，相信日后将可吸引更多人气旺店，成为潮流产品集中地。

美孚广场逾4万呎 零售租户为主

至于另一个项目为美孚广场，坐落于美孚新邨4期，美孚新邨为香港规模最大的私人屋苑之一，粗略估计邨内人口已有约4万，本土消费强劲。放售项目总面积约46,357平方呎，租客以民生、餐饮及零售行业为主，主要大型租客有麦当劳、萨莉亚及渣打银行等，为区内居民提供多元化生活所需服务，项目意向价同为5亿元。

资料显示，今年度本港先后录得多宗大手基座商场易手个案，涉及成交金额约48亿元，反映市区基座商场有价有市，当中最大宗买卖成交为荃湾愉景新城基座商场易手，由新世界发展 (00017) 以约40.2亿元沽出，并由华懋集团成功购入。

该代理指，虽然北上消费情况炽热，但访港旅客数字有所提升，最新4月份访港旅客人次为340万人次，较去年同期增长约两成，累计今年首4个月共录得1,462万旅客访港，按年同期对比增长1倍，加上近期政府大力进行推广，积极推动盛事活动，预料下半年将举行106项盛事，全年共有214项盛事，势必吸引到更多本地居民及旅客留港消费，对本港市区商场铺位有所带动。

因此市场对本港零售消费市道逐步恢復信心，加上是次两个推售商场项目分别位处核心区及民生消费区，可迎合不同财团及投资者需要，而商场单一业权发展，租户选择更多元化，发展潜力更高，料可吸引其作为长綫投租之选，预料推售反应理想。

(经济日报)

Hong Kong property: second-hand prices edge up in April as bargains on new units seduce buyers, analysts say

The government’s home price index inched up 0.3 per cent in April, compared with a 1.8 per cent gain in March

‘The second-hand market is facing a lot of competition from the first-hand market, so prices have not had much room to grow’: property agent

Prices of lived-in homes in Hong Kong rose for the second straight month in April, but at a slower rate than in March as aggressive pricing lured buyers to new homes instead, analysts said.

In the second month after the government dropped a series of cooling measures, the home price index inched up 0.3 per cent to 308.7, the highest since December when it stood at 311.3, according to the Rating and Valuation Department (RVD). However, prices are down 12.8 per cent year on year, and the gauge has dropped 0.83 per cent so far this year.

In March, second-hand home prices increased by about 1.8 per cent, RVD data showed.

“The second-hand home market is facing a lot of competition from the first-hand market, so prices have not had much room to grow,” a property agent said. “Developers are pricing their new launches fairly close to the [second-hand] market.”

Since the cooling measures ended, developers have been launching their unsold stock to take advantage of improving market sentiment. As of April, 4,800 new units had been made available to buyers so far this year, a seven-year high for the first four months and more than half of what they put on offer in all of 2023, according to data from a local property agency.

Among the projects launched in April was the first batch of flats at the Onmantin residential project by Great Eagle Holdings in Ho Man Tin, which was priced from HK$17,759 (US$2,274) to HK$25,866 per square foot. The cheapest unit, measuring 388 sq ft, had a price tag of HK$6.89 million. All 260 available flats found buyers on the first day of the launch on April 27.

The price range was more than 25 per cent cheaper than the nearby In One Above residential project, which was launched by Chinachem Group in May last year.

The prices at Onmantin were also the lowest for the neighbourhood since 2016, when Kerry Properties launched its Mantin Heights development at an average of HK$19,000 per square foot.

In April, property deals in Hong Kong, including new and lived-in homes, car parks, office units, shops and industrial places, hit a near three-year high with 9,880 units changing hands, according to official data.

Sales of new and second-hand homes shot up by 115 per cent to 8,551 units compared with March, Land Registry data showed.

This month, however, property transactions have slowed markedly. As of May 28, 6,360 units changed hands, according to data from the agency, making it unlikely the month would exceed April’s transactions.

“Just about three months after the removal of market curbs, more than 7,000 new residential units have been sold, about 67 per cent of last year’s total sales,” another agent said.

“Nevertheless, the market needs to take a breath before several new projects in the pipeline debut. If developers resume their strategy of prioritising transaction volume over price, monthly transaction volume may rebound in the second half of 2024.”

May’s slowdown in property deals could also be attributed to waning hopes for an imminent interest-rate cut, the agent said. The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to initiate any policy easing with inflation in the world’s largest economy remaining above its 2 per cent target.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority adjusts its policy based on the Fed’s decisions in order to keep the local currency’s peg to the US dollar.

The agent said they are standing pat on its forecast for the year, which has home prices remaining stable or declining by up to 5 per cent.

The recent surge in the bellwether Hang Seng Index (HSI), meanwhile, could boost the property market’s prospects in the coming months, another agent said.

“Usually, the HSI is highly correlated with residential prices, but with a two- to three-month time lag,” the agent said. “If the HSI remains at its current level or continues to improve, we expect prices for the secondary market to stabilise.”