中環中心呎租55元跌逾兩成

新一波疫情急升溫，市場觀望氣氛籠罩，核心區甲廈租金急下滑。消息指，中環中心中層單位於交吉九個月後，以每呎約55元租出，低市價近一成，並較舊租金急挫逾兩成。

月租13.2萬低市價10%

市場消息指出，中環中心3906室，建築面積2416方呎，以每呎約55元租出，月租約132880元；據地產代理指出，上址於去年5月已交吉，上一手租金為每呎70元，故單位交吉約9個月後，租金急挫約21%。

都會大學每呎22元租綠景NEO大廈

代理亦指出，上址外望少量海景，市值呎租介乎60至65元，故成交租金低市價約一成。據本港一間代理資料顯示，該廈近期頻錄承租，其中，該甲廈低層10室，面積約1810方呎，於去年12月以每呎約40元租出，月租約7.24萬；另外，該廈低層8至12室，面積9897方呎，於去年10月以每呎約60元租出，月租約593820元。

據業內人士指出，即使甲廈空置率近期逐步改善，唯新一波疫情急升溫，令市場觀望氣氛揮之不去。

市場消息指出，觀塘綠景NEO大廈低層全層，面積約3.1萬方呎，以約68.2萬獲都會大學承租，呎租約22元。

(星島日報)

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跑馬地舊樓強拍底價逾17億 財團持有逾83%業權 可建逾8.9萬方呎

近年港島區土地供應短缺，不少財團透過強拍舊樓以增加土儲，跑馬地雲地利大廈舊樓，最新獲土地審裁處頒下強制售賣令，底價為17.32億，對比2018年10月申請強拍時市場估值約15.18億，高出約2.14億，亦是今年第二宗獲批強拍令個案，項目地盤面積1.79萬方呎，若以5倍地積比發展，可建樓面逾8.97萬方呎。

據土地審裁處文件顯示，是次獲批強拍令的雲地利大廈，位於跑馬地雲地利道15號，昨獲土地審裁處頒下強拍令底價為17.32億，以可建總樓面約8.9萬方呎計，每方呎樓面地價約19288元。

每呎樓面地價約1.9萬

當時併購財團持有約83.82%業權，目前餘下9個單位並未成功收購。該財團曾於2018年6月及9月期間兩度向小業主提出收購，當時收購價由3185萬至1.09億之間，而財團去年3月再次向小業主提出收購，唯收購價卻全面減少至2331.2萬至8074萬，減幅約24.9%至33.2%。

跌幅最多為4樓A室，財團早於2018年兩度提出以約4800萬收購，最新去年3月第三度提出收購，唯收購價已跌至約3206.3萬，換言之3年間收購價減少1593.7萬，幅度約33.2%。

料重建成豪宅

根據判詞指出，申請人曾委託結構工程師對該舊樓進行結構評估，認為該建築物已達其設計壽命，加上部分設施未能符合現代安全標準和法定要求，而且維修成本與重建成本不成比例，認為重建發展是合適做法。再者申請人已採取一切合理步驟取得全部業權，故批出強拍令。

文件顯示，雲地利大廈現址為兩幢樓高9層的住宅大廈組成，合共提供67個住宅單位及24個車位，早於1963年5月落成入伙，至今樓齡約59年。地盤面積約17959方呎，現時規劃為「住宅 (乙類) 6」用途，若以地積比率約5倍重建發展計，預計可建總樓面約89795方呎。該舊樓位於跑馬地黃泥涌道及雲地利道的豪宅地段，料有不少單位可享馬場景色，極具重建價值，料將來會重建成豪宅物業。市場消息指，上述併購項目以會德豐地產呼聲最高。

市傳由會德豐持有

另外，去年12月底獲批強拍令的西營盤水街8、8A、10、10A號及第三街155號舊樓，底價為3.68億；其後就訟費令提出異議及更改，最新土地審裁處頒下訟費判決書，並維持不就訟費作出規定的決定，並拒絕其更改申請。該項目地盤面積約3009方呎，現劃為「住宅 (甲類)」用途，地積比最高以9倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約27081方呎，若以強拍底價計算，每方呎樓面呎價約13589元。

上述項目毗鄰第三街第145、147及149號舊樓，去年亦獲該處頒下強拍令，底價為3.8億；地盤面積約3491方呎，現劃為「住宅 (甲類)」用途，地積比最高以9倍發展，涉及可建總樓面約31419方呎，若以強拍底價計算，每方呎樓面呎價約12095元。上述西營盤兩個舊樓項目由同一財團持有，並落實於下月11日舉行公開拍賣。

(星島日報)

Hong Kong’s home buyers snap up Henderson Land’s The Harmonie flats, defying city’s worst one-day explosion of new Covid-19 cases

Henderson Land Development sold all 136 units on offer in the first batch of sales at The Harmonie project in Cheung Sha Wan as of 7pm

The average price of The Harmonie was HK$21,379 (US$2,746) per square foot after discounts, 4 per cent cheaper than The Vertex, launched in December 2019

Hong Kong’s property buyers turned out in droves, defying the city’s worst one-day explosion of new Covid-19 cases to snap up apartments at the first new housing project to be launched in 2022.

Henderson Land Development sold all 136 units on offer in the first batch of sales at The Harmonie project in Cheung Sha Wan as of 7pm, according to property agents. The entire project, comprising 337 apartments, is located near the area’s subway station, about a 20-minute ride from the city centre.

The average price of The Harmonie was HK$21,379 (US$2,746) per square foot after discounts, 4 per cent cheaper than The Vertex in the same neighbourhood, launched in December 2019. The cheapest unit on offer was a 322-square foot (30 square metres) unit priced at HK$6.21 million, while the most expensive flat measured 377 sq ft, for HK$8.45 million.

“Buyers are responding well to the new project,” property agent said, adding that he expects the project to be mostly sold by the end of the day. “The project is welcomed because small homes in Kowloon are not often seen these days and the prices are set at a rather reasonable level.”

Sales activity was more sedate elsewhere in Hong Kong, as buyers mostly ignored projects that had been launched earlier.

At Wong Chuk Hang in the southern region of Hong Kong Island, Kerry Properties sold 22 of the 123 flats on offer at the second phase of La Marina, developed with Sino Land and MTR Corporation. In Sheung Wan, Henderson sold only two of the 12 units on offer at its Caine Hill project.

Home sales have been affected by Hong Kong’s renewed social distancing and lockdown rules to contain the resurgent fifth wave of Covid-19 infections in the city. Local authorities extended the ban on evening dine-in services and incoming flights from several countries for two more weeks through the Lunar New Year. Kindergarten classes are out and many offices have ordered staff to work from home.

That would take January’s home sales to about 600 units, agents said, the lowest monthly performance in a year.

“If the recent breakout can be put under control, more buyers will return after the Lunar New Year,” the agent said.

Uncertainties are ahead Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market amid gloomy global economic development and Hong Kong clinging to its zero-Covid policy amid the more transmissible variant.

Some investment banks have predicted that Hong Kong’s home prices could fall this year, with Morgan Stanley expecting a 2 per cent drop, while UBS sees a 5 per cent decline.

Surplus supply would weigh on home prices. As many as 34,000 new units could be available for sale this year, the second-biggest annual supply since 2006, according to another property agency.

However, some industry observers are still optimistic in the city’s property outlook. Prices could advance by between 5 per cent and 10 per cent, JPMorgan said, citing cheap borrowing costs that could stimulate demand.

“It would be a huge boost to the market confidence, if The Harmonie was sold out today,” another property agent said. “Following the loan rate cut by the Central Bank in China, we see a rebound of the stock market and thus the property market will also benefit.”