疫情下大型金融機構收縮減樓面,但同時租金下跌亦吸引外資擴充。中環國際金融中心二期高層全層,法國巴黎銀行於年初棄租,現以每平方呎約150元租出,租金較高峰期跌約兩成。新租客為美資對冲基金Citadel,作擴充業務。
今年整體中環甲廈租務淡靜,直至近期租務略為加快,更錄得外資機構擴充。市場人士指,中環國際金融中心二期 59樓全層,面積約2.5萬平方呎,近日以每平方呎約150元租出。該單位屬項目高層,為優質單位,甲廈高峰期時,呎租水平達200元以上,如今已回調約兩成以上。
消息指,新租客為美國大型對冲基金Citadel,該集團主要業務包括資產管理、證券等,業務龐大,在港業務亦不斷擴充。據悉,機構早年租用中環遮打大廈,2017年,集團轉租國際金融中心二期低層全層,呎租約170元,提升級數。2019年該集團擴充業務,租用國金2期42樓,如今再租用59樓後,集團在國際金融中心二期已佔用3層。事實上,是次為過去一年,罕有外資金融機構在中環進行擴充業務。
另一美資 租29樓9千呎
此外,另一家美資金融機構近日亦租用國際金融中心二期樓面,美國基金管理公司Lexington Partners,租用國際金融中心二期 29樓多個單位,面積近9,000平方呎,呎租料約160元。
環球疫情持續一年多,不少外資大型金融機構,為降成本而放棄甲廈樓面,以節省開支。據代理數據指,受疫情衝擊,今年首季市場共錄得72.4萬平方呎頂租樓面,而次季數字降至約50萬平方呎,當中13.1萬平方呎獲承租。
過去一年,跨國企業如法國巴黎銀行、瑞銀及野村證券等,均先後放棄樓面,個別樓層獲承接。如國際金融中心一期18樓,面積約1萬平方呎,原由外資機構麥格理租用,早前最新退租的18樓1萬平方呎樓面,已由中資的中金公司頂租,呎租120元,較麥格理承租的租金下跌逾3成。
另外,去年日資金融機構野村證券,棄租中環國際金融中心二期 1層半商廈樓面,當中的1層樓面,分別獲兩間中資機構東莞銀行及方源資本租用,呎租約140元。另近日海通證券 (00665) 租用國際金融中心一期樓面。
中環次季錄6.48萬呎吸納量
疫情近期緩和,租務活動有所改善,代理資料顯示,今年次季中環錄得6.48萬平方呎吸納,為2018年以來,首度扭轉區內甲廈負吸納情況。分析指,甲廈租金從高峰期回調2成以上,配合經濟復甦,甲廈租務活動下半年可望略為加快。
(經濟日報)
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甲廈商舖租金 代理行估見底轉穩
本港經濟正在復甦,帶動商用物業需求上升。有代理行預計,經過一兩年調整後,今年下半年甲廈、商舖租金有望見底轉平穩,明年更有力輕微回升。
該代理行指,核心商業區的租賃活動有所回升,而第二季度的租金跌幅進一步收窄,整體租金和核心商業區租金分別按季下跌1.6%及1%,而第一季度的按季跌幅為2%及1.6%,跌幅明顯較去年收窄。空置率方面,該行指目前整體甲廈空置率約1成,而中環約8%,同為近年高位。
甲廈全年租金將跌6%
該行代理指,甲廈租金已調整兩年,單計去年已跌20%,代理認為隨着疫情緩和,機構開始重新考慮擴充,預計租賃需求進一步改善,料今年下半年租金表現平穩,全年租金將下跌6%,下半年表現料平穩,明年有力輕微反彈。該代理指,不少中資機構亦計劃來港開業,只要恢復通關,租務活動勢加快。
住宅樓價估升5至8%
商舖市場方面,該行另一代理指出,零售租賃逐步走出谷底,目前本地消費理想,帶動商戶生意轉好,其中以食品、民生相關商戶較活躍,而奢侈品零售商則暫未見擴充。下半年走勢上,她料租金全年跌約3%,下半年平穩發展。
在疫情之下,樓價未有下調,另一代理表示,上半年樓價向上,主因一手銷情佳,造價理想,帶動二手樓價同步上升,該代理預計下半年市況仍好,住宅樓價升約5至8%,整體住宅成交量約7萬多宗。
(經濟日報)
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收購重建 尖沙咀增140萬呎商業樓面
尖沙咀位處香港中心地段,屬傳統核心商業區,區內舊樓一直受各大發展商、投資者追捧,並進行收購,而且收購程序漸入直路。據本報統計,尖沙咀一帶未來將可提供近140萬平方呎商業樓面。
加連威老道61至73號 月底強拍
尖沙咀區內舊樓有價有市,吸引發展商收購重建,由已故舖王鄧成波家族收購的尖沙咀加連威老道61至73號 (單號) 舊樓,最新獲土地審裁處批出強拍令,並將於本月27日進行強制拍賣,底價約19.262億元。強拍的項目包括5幢5層高商/住綜合用途樓宇,當中61號與59號共用兩條公用樓梯,惟後者並不包括於是次公開拍賣。65號及67號,69號及71號分別各自共同兩條公用樓梯。63號為一幢5層高商/住綜合用途樓宇。至於73號與75號共用兩條公用樓梯,後者並不包括於是次公開拍賣。
尖沙咀加連威老道61至73號 (單號) 舊樓鄰近中國五礦大廈、恆港中心、開麟中心,距離港鐵尖沙咀站約6分鐘步程;其地盤面積約10,840平方呎,目前規劃為「商業」用途,若以地積比率12倍發展,可建樓面約13萬平方呎,以底價約19.262億元計算,每平方呎樓面地價約1.48萬元。
香檳大廈帶動區內協同效應
而由恒地 (00012) 或相關人士已收購約10年的尖沙咀香檳大廈,去年就項目B座申請強拍。樓齡約64年的香檳大廈,分A及B座發展,目前為一幢樓高10層的商住物業 (包括地庫樓層),地盤面積約2.33萬平方呎,以地積比率約12倍計,未來可重建樓面約28萬平方呎。事實上,項目位置比鄰同由恒地旗下的美麗華廣場及酒店,因此市場料發展商收購重建後,可產生協同效應,並進一步擴大恒地在區內的商業版圖。
同時,本地老牌家族永倫集團亦逐步擴大勢力,集團年初向通利琴行相關人士以約3.68億元,購入金馬倫道6號全幢物業,而旁邊的金馬倫道6A號全幢物業亦同由永倫集團於2019年買入,當時成交價約2.98億元,意味集團亦有機會將兩個項目合併發展。至於,金馬倫道6號及6A號的地盤面積約2,500平方呎,以最高地積比率12倍發展,預計可建總樓面約3萬平方呎的商廈。值得留意的是,同樣由永倫集團持有的金馬倫道2至4A號的利達行,亦料日後會一併重建。
(經濟日報)
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指標甲廈售價反彈 代理行:上半年累升3.8%
有代理行發表的最新商廈市場報告指,雖然6月份甲廈價格略為調整,但總計上半年,甲廈售價仍然累積上升3.8%,而上環、中環及金鐘等地區表現不俗,例如金鐘呎價上半年累漲4.1%。
代理表示,上半年香港疫情緩和,本地經濟出現復甦勢頭,令寫字樓市場氣氛好轉,租售價略為反彈,其中指標甲廈售價受到港島核心區帶動,上半年累計反彈3.8%,甲廈租金上半年也升3.6%。
金鐘呎價2.75萬升4.1%
該代理又指,雖然現時寫字樓空置率仍然高企,但基於本港經濟好轉,而近期中概股風波,相信也會加快中概股回流香港上市的步伐,預計甲廈售價下半年升幅約5%以內,總計今年全年售價可升6%至8%。
該報告指出,甲廈表現回勇,雖然6月份售價按月回落1.5%,但上半年累計仍升3.8%,主要受到港島核心區,包括中環、上環及金鐘帶動,例如金鐘最新平均呎價約2.75萬港元,上半年累升約4.1%;上環甲廈呎價亦重回3萬元的關口。報告指出,上半年多個港島核心區售價表現不俗,主因相關地區物業去年跌幅較大,而相對於豪宅等類型物業,核心區甲廈呎價顯得低水,因而吸引資金流入。
整體甲廈空置率達9.9%
雖然上半年甲廈租金累升3.6%,但租金表現個別發展,例如上環呎租上半年累升5.4%,惟寫字樓空置率及未來供應較多的東九龍,今年上半年租金僅升0.1%,最新平均呎租約23.5港元,表現接近持平。
甲廈空置率仍然高企,截至6月底為止,本港整體甲廈空置率為9.9%,空置率最高的為九龍東,最新高見13.9%,中環達8.4%,金鐘亦升至9.3%。
(星島日報)
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JPMorgan says Hong Kong home prices unaffected by talk of Hongkongers leaving city, set to hit new high this year
Number of people selling properties is far smaller than the number of people buying them, US bank executive says.
Chances of setting record are very high, as home prices are ‘just 1 per cent to 2 per cent from their peak’.
US investment bank JPMorgan said emigration has had little effect on Hong Kong’s property market, and that home prices were on course to set a record in a month or two’s time.
“The chances of breaking the record are very high, because [home prices are] just 1 per cent to 2 per cent from their peak,” said Cusson Leung, head of Asia property research at JPMorgan. Leung also said he expected prices will rise 5 per cent to 10 per cent this year.
Strong housing demand from local users in Hong Kong, the world’s most expensive property market, quantitative easing and a short supply have fuelled a rally in home prices despite talk of Hongkongers leaving the city following the protests of 2019 and the implementation of a controversial national security law.
Home prices and transaction volumes have kept rising, even if the wave of emigration was real, Leung said. He questioned the impact of emigration on the market and wondered whether the people said to be leaving owned homes, and how many would actually sell their properties.
“This proves that the number of people selling properties is far smaller than the number of people buying properties,” he added.
The US bank is not alone in expecting an increase in Hong Kong home prices.
These prices will reach a new high in the fourth quarter, real estate agent said. “The demand is very, very strong due to the low interest rate [environment] and the ample money in the market,” the agent said. “Unfortunately, home seekers might have already missed the golden window for snapping up a cheaper home, seen late last year.”
Another two of the city’s biggest property agencies also said they expected home prices to rise to new highs, as the current levels were marginally below a peak seen in May 2019.
A price index compiled by the city’s Rating and Valuation Department shows mass lived-in homes measuring less than 431 sq ft had already set a price record in May of 439.9. An overall index shows that in May this year a five-month rally in home prices stood just 0.8 per cent shy of the 2019 peak. The rally came after a brief slump because of the coronavirus outbreak last year.
Sentiment is so red hot at the moment that a buyer this week bought a 265 sq ft flat at Tak Bo Garden in Kowloon Bay in just an hour. He was optimistic about the prospects of home prices and was, in fact, worried that it would be more expensive to buy later, according to another real estate agency.
The average price for lived-in homes rose to a new high of HK$9.07 million (US$1.2 million) in the first half of this year, the highest since records began in 1996, according to the agency. It smashed the previous record of HK$8.99 million set in the first half of 2019 along the way.
(South China Morning Post)
Grand Victoria II price list on way
Grand Victoria II in West Kowloon will release the first price list involving 105 units soon this week.
Wheelock Properties and Sino Land (0083) said the sale will launch within this month and the selling price will be higher than phrases I and III. Half of the units offered are three and four-bedroom units.
As for the secondary market, Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai recorded 24 deals so far this month, up 170 percent compared to the same period last month.
A property agency said that the property price has been driven up by the full opening of the Tuen Ma Line, especially for the small units. In which, a 551-square-foot unit in Locwood Court was sold at HK$6.2 million or HK$11,252 per sq ft, while the unit price rose 54 percent in five years.
As for the commercial market, another agnecy expected most of the commercial property prices to bottom out this year. The investment management company predicted that office rent will fall 6 percent this year, while companies may choose to relocate following the opportunity to find more affordable lease options in the central business district.
(The Standard)