商厦惊现顶租放盘潮中环金鐘成重灾区疫市下前景未明朗租户纷提前离场
疫市持续多时，经济前景未明显，不少企业经营困难，惟有缩小规模甚至结业，纷放弃所承租的据点，提早离场，令商厦市场惊现顶租放盘潮，核心区中环金鐘成为重灾区。
业界人士指出，租户推出顶租放盘，皆因租约有私人担保，不能随意撤走了事，因而找新客顶替。市场上顶租放盘向来不多，惟近期市场涌现顶租放盘，分布单一业权或散业主大厦，且不乏大面积及全层单位。
全港逾100个顶租放盘
当中，中环皇后大道中9号目前有5个顶租盘，全部逾3000方呎，租期长达2023年；美国银行中心有6个，包括一个全层单位；中环中心更多逾10个，细至2000方呎，大至逾万呎的半层单位。有代理透露，现时全港商厦共有逾100宗顶租放盘，中环金鐘成为重灾区。
过去十个月以来，整体甲厦租金普遍跌幅30%至50%，因此，租客即使幸运地找到有人顶租，都要支付新旧租金差价，代理举例说，以美国银行中心一个面积约5500方呎单位为例，新月租(32万，每呎60元)与旧月租(52万，每呎95元)，月差20万，若果于2021年4月约满，期间10个月租金差价涉200万。
旧租客支付差价
旧租客可「一笔过」或逐月缴付差价。「不过，既然做不下去，未必有能力一次过赔偿，通常逐月支付，亦有业主视乎情况，以折扣价收取赔偿额。」代理续说。
代理说，生意人都懂计算，有装修的租盘向来受捧，尤其疫市下开业的更加实际，因此，顶租放盘吸引力在于装修，放盘叫租贴近旧有租金，或低约10%，惟最后都以市价租出。他又说，商厦装修简单，不像铺位投入生财工具，旧租客没有「顶手费」可收。
另一代理表示，近期政府推工资补贴为企业舒困，惟一些公司面对全球严峻环境，加上示威及疫市后遗症，导致经营困难因而放顶租。
(星岛日报)
泛海六全层逾三万呎PUREYOGA推顶租
消息人士透露，中环泛海中心的大手租客，瑜伽公司PURE YOGA将其承租的6全层楼面，推出放顶租。
上址为皇后大道中59号至65号泛海大厦15、17、20、21、22及23楼，共6全层楼面，共涉逾3万呎，由PURE INTERNATIONAL (HONG KONG)LIMITED承租。记者现场所见，上述部分楼层为写字楼，部分放置杂物，至于该厦2楼则为瑜伽学校。本报向该厦大业主查询，泛海集团执行董事关堡林回应，该数层属租客后勤部门，他们有意迁工厦节省成本，至于位处低层楼面的学校，则继续租下去。本报亦向PURE YOGA查询，惟直至截稿时未获回覆。
八年前进驻
有代理透露，PURE YOGA大约于2012年进驻该厦，至今八年，上址目前最新平均呎租逾45元。
业内人士指，租客推顶租，首先要取得业主同意，试过有租客多番努力下，找到人顶租，业主不放行，最后不成功。他又形容，只有一些较有人情味的业主，才容许租客顶租，部分大业主企硬，不容许顶租。
(星岛日报)
New homes hit the market as nano flats feel the heat
A property agency recorded 19 secondary transactions at ten major housing estates over the past weekend, down by 13.6 percent week-on-week, as developers continued to launch new home sales in the primary market, while rents of nano flats came under downward pressure.
Laguna City in Kwun Tong and Metro City in Tseung Kwan O recorded no secondary transactions at all.
In Fanling, a 520-sq-ft flat at Fanling Centre changed hands for HK$7.18 million, or HK$13,808 per sq ft, after HK$20,000 was cut from the asking price.
In the primary market, Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) released 70 flats in the second price list of Wetland Seasons Park Phase 2 in Tin Shui Wai, at an average price of HK$11,779 per sq ft after discounts, 3.6 percent higher than the first price list.
The first two batches of the project have been oversubscribed 8.5 times with around 2,000 checks received for 210 units.
Meanwhile, around 2,000 prospective buyers for Aquila‧ Square Mile in Tai Kok Tsui, visited the project's show flats located in Central, between Friday and yesterday.
And in Yuen Long, Road King Infrastructure (1098) sold 11 flats at Crescent Green over the past three days.
Property agency expects the number of primary transactions to hit 2,000 this month.
But there were also two cases of forfeited deposits of around HK$220,000 and HK$300,000 after purchases of two flats at Emerald Bay in Tuen Mun were canceled.
The HK$220,000 forfeiture involved the would-be purchase of a 229-sq-ft studio flat at Emerald Bay Phase 1, which was priced at HK$4.37 million. The HK$300,000 forfeiture related to a 372-sq-ft flat at Emerald Bay Phase 2 that the purchaser had agreed to buy this month for HK$5.95 million.
In the rentals market, rents of micro flats came under downward pressure. A 166-sq-ft studio at AVA 55 in Kowloon City was rented for only HK$8,000 a month, or HK$48 per sq ft.
And in Pak Shek Kok, a 248-sq-ft studio flat at Solaria was let for only HK$8,900 last month, or HK$36 per sq ft, after HK$2,100 was cut from the asking price. The rental yield was only 2.1 percent per annum, as the owner purchased the unit for HK$5.15 million in 2018.
(The Standard)
