Market perks up over housebound Easter
The property market heated up again over the Easter weekend with pent up demand, as a property agency reported 27 secondary transactions at the ten major housing estates.
The travel restrictions and group gathering ban have stimulated home viewings and transactions in the secondary market over the four-day weekend, another agency said.
In Ap Lei Chau, a 536-sq-ft flat at South Horizons changed hands for HK$7.98 million, or HK$14,888 per sq ft, after HK$520,000 was cut from the initial asking price, according to a property agency.
In Tin Shui Wai, a 441-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas fetched HK$4.76 million, or HK$10,812 per sq ft, after about HK$332,000 was slashed from the first asking price.
And in Tsing Yi, a 666-sq ft flat at Villa Esplanada sold for HK$11.33 million, or HK$17,012 per sq ft, after HK$2.17 million was rubbed off the initial asking price.
About 100 primary transactions were also recorded over the past four days.
Wing Tai Properties (0369) sold a 1,418-sq-ft duplex flat at The Carmel in Tuen Mun for HK$29.21 million, or HK$20,599 per sq ft.
In the rentals market, a 378-sq-ft flat at Century Link in Tung Chung was rented for HK$11,000 per month, or HK$29 per sq ft, down by 15.4 percent year-on-year, due to lower demand from aviation industry workers, according to a property agency
The property agency said many airline employees prefer to rent flats at housing estates in Tung Chung, as it is near the airport, but the rents in such estates are now under downward pressure as the aviation industry has almost come to a halt.
In the commercial property market, property agency expects Grade A office buildings to see both rents and selling prices dwindle by 15 to 20 percent this year.
Rents of Grade A office buildings fell 4.5 percent month-on-month in March, the largest monthly decline since February 2009, the agency said.
In other news, a mortgage company recorded 715 mortgage loans for government housing schemes in March, down by 41.2 percent month-on-month.
(The Standard)
太子始創中心 單一業權管理佳
太子始創中心屬區內地標商廈，比鄰太子地鐵站，加上物業一直由大業主持有，管理上更為統一，吸引不少用家進駐。
始創中心位於太子彌敦道750號，於1995年落成，至今以一直由九龍建業 (00034) 持有業權，一直以租務為主，管理更有統一性。
始創中心基座為8層高商場，集合零售、食肆及銀行等，所有配套近在咫尺，日常消閒及飲食選擇亦有不少。
鄰近3鐵路站 交通便利
大廈亦有地利優勢，附近有港鐵太子、旺角及旺角東站，亦有跨境巴士及直通車站到內地及澳門，不論前往港九新界或過境口岸都相當便捷。始創中心有停車場，可提供大量車位，較區內其他物業優勝，方便駕車人士出入。
該廈全幢採用雙層中空玻璃幕牆設計，可有效隔音隔熱，提升單位質素，而始創中心外牆及基座商場擁有大量廣告招牌位可供租用，迎合租客需求。
每層1.7萬呎 可間10單位
項目樓高25層，當中寫字樓佔約15層，每層面積約1.7萬平方呎，一層大多可分間成10多個單位。單位外望為彌敦道一帶樓景，景觀開揚。
而大廈內業戶廣泛，其中不少為診所、財務公司等，發展商九龍建業之總部亦位於大廈內。另外，多個政府部門亦於大廈內設有辦公室，如屋宇署、在職家庭及學生資助事務處，及政府產業署等。
代理指出，旺角區商廈吸納情況理想，最新旺角甲廈空置率為7.68%，較1月份8.08%水平為低，減幅約為0.4個百分點，減幅遠較尖沙咀及觀塘區為高，反映旺角區商廈空置情況有所改善。
參考區內較大型商廈的租務成交，旺角東新世紀廣場二座高層13室16室，面積約3,062平方呎，以月租約137,790元租出，呎租約45元。
而旺角雅蘭中心辦公樓一期早前亦錄2宗租務，單位分別為中層16室及中高層28室，面積約930及446平方呎，月租4.65萬及2.23萬元，呎租約50元。
(經濟日報)
甲廈租金創11年最大跌幅
企業憂慮營商前景，紛減少租用寫字樓規模，商廈市場備受衝擊。有代理發表的商廈報告指出，3月份指標甲級商廈租金按月急跌4.5%，不但連跌9個月，更創2009年2月份金融海嘯後最大單月跌幅，而與去年年中歷史高位比較，甲廈租金累積下跌15.4%。
報告指出，上月中區甲廈租金跌幅顯著，例如中環皇后大道中九號有單位僅以每呎約57.5元租出，創下六年新低，亦拖累中環租金按月大跌10.5%，至於金鐘多座指標甲廈呎租也重回每呎40餘元的水平，包括力寶中心第2座，有單位僅以每呎44元租出，創該廈3年新低的水平。
首季甲廈租金累挫8.8%
總計今年第一季，整體甲廈租金跌幅達8.8%，同樣創下金融海嘯後最大的按季跌幅，當中核心商業區(中上環、金鐘、灣仔、尖沙咀)跌幅更達10.8%，跑輸整體市場。按區域劃分，首季灣仔甲廈租金跌幅高達13%，冠絕核心區，最新平均呎租僅約59.3元。
另外，上月甲廈價格按月挫2.4%，同樣連跌9個月，累積跌幅達10.5%。至於3月份以金鐘甲廈售價跌幅較大，按月挫達5.3%，最新平均呎價約30,420元。
(經濟日報)
