市况静甲厦租售录低价成交
受外围及本地事件影响，甲厦租售市场均淡静，而个别业主减价，租务及买卖均录低价成交。
据代理发表的研究报告指出，去年甲厦及乙厦售价分别下跌6.1%及5.7%。下半年受到市况转差影响，商厦租售价急跌，去年全年商厦共录962宗买卖，按年挫53.9%，创1996年有纪录以来的新低，成交额仅466.9亿港元，按年跌59.9%。按区域划分，港岛甲厦价表现明显跑输九龙，金鐘甲厦去年挫17.7%，最新平均呎价仅31,944元，是各区表现最差，重回2017年底水平；至于上环甲厦全年亦挫16.7%，是全港第二差的地区。租金方面，金鐘及上环甲厦全年分别累跌14.6%及12.8%，分列全港跌幅首次名，租金重回2017年中水平。
观塘宏基资本大厦低市价2成沽
近日甲厦市场买卖及租务，均录低价成交，如观塘宏基资本大厦中层全层，面积约12,195平方呎，以约1.29亿元成交，呎价约1.06万元。据悉，原业主于2014年，以1亿元购入。早前于市场放售，去年曾叫价2亿元，至8月份市况转差，降价至1.82亿元，如今大幅减至1.29亿元成交，累积减价36%沽货，持货6年转手，仍获利2,900万元离场。据悉，该厦上一宗成交于2018年8月录得，为低层单位，全层以1.56亿元易手，呎价约1.3万，最新成交价低约两成。
远东金融中心每呎60元租出
租务方面，核心区甲厦近月均录低价租务成交，如金鐘远东金融中心中层05室，面积约2,400平方呎，成交呎租约58元，租金较市价低约10%，并重回两年前水平。据了解，该厦录呎租低于每呎60元，追溯至2017年9月，当时该厦高层单位，面积597平方呎，平均呎租约52元。
此外，中环美国银行中心极高层01至02室，面积约3,778平方呎，以每月约22.3万元租出，平均呎租约59元，单位外望开扬维港海景和山景景观，并正对电梯大堂，属优质单位。业主最初平均呎租叫价约110元，现降价46%租出。该厦早前一中层单位，以每平方呎约58元租出。如今租出单位，同样较数月前低约两成。
分析指，由于受本地事件及外围局势冲击，主要机构均审慎扩充，甚至个别缩减业务，令甲厦租务市场淡静，空置率回升而租金下跌，继而甲厦价亦受影响，相信短期内核心区租务市场仍没大改善，业主减价空间扩阔，相信租售价仍回调。
(经济日报)
Luxury still costs the earth in HK
Hong Kong ranked the most expensive for premium goods and services among 28 cities globally, followed by Shanghai and Tokyo, Swiss bank Julius Baer found in its Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2020.
The report surveyed the price trends of luxury goods and services in the Julius Baer Lifestyle Index, which tracks 20 items across the 28 cities.
The index showed that Asia is the most expensive region for high-end consumption, whereas Europe is the least expensive.
Hong Kong ranked above 90 percent for residential property, beauty services, fine dining, business class flights and lawyer fees.
Richard Tang, head of research in Hong Kong, expects the price of small studios in the city to face the most pressure this year as property buyers switch to single-bedroom or two-bedroom homes, given a higher first-time mortgage limit and lower interest rates, and these could also drive up prices of flats priced below HK$10 million.
For units priced above HK$10 million, Tang said it depends on buyers' confidence in the local economy, as these owners generally hold more than one unit and are able to move to other countries. He forecasts Hong Kong will see 1 percent GDP growth this year.
Affluent consumers have shifted to a model favoring less waste, said Rajesh Manwani, head of markets and wealth management.
(The Standard)
Prices cut for Sham Shui Po flats
West Park, developed by Hanison Construction (0896), in Sham Shui Po updated its first price list for its first batch of 30 units, selling them for as little as HK$18,696 per sq ft.
The flats have saleable areas from 333 to 493 sq ft, and will be sold from HK$6.07 million to HK$9.28 million after a 8 percent discount offered by the developer. The average price will be HK$18,739 per sq ft.
Matthew Chow Ka-fung, director of project management division said the units are being sold at a "Lunar New Year special price," where prices may be marked up in next batches depending on market conditions.
Agent believes the sales performance will be positive, as two-bedroom new flats for less than HK$7 million are rare in Sham Shui Po.
In other news, the Building Department approved 21 building plans on last November, and Swire Properties' (1971) land in 46 to 56 Queen Road East was approved for development as a 23-storey commercial building with three basements and a total gross floor area of 132,500 sq ft.
Land at 3 to 13 Nga Tsin Long Road, Kowloon City, owned by veteran investor Tang Shing-por and his family, was approved for development as a 26-storey residential and commercial building with two basements.
(The Standard)
