鸭脷洲海旁道地皮 截收19标书
鸭脷洲海旁道中型地皮昨日截标，共收19份标书，除大型发展商如长实 (01113)及新地 (00016) 等外，亦有多家中资如佳兆业 (01638)、中国海外 (00688) 等参与。部分认为不担心国安法对楼市影响。
吸大型发展商及中资入标
项目吸引不少大型发展商入标，长实、新地、新世界 (00017))、信置 (00083) 、嘉华国际 (00173) 、嘉里建设 (00683) 及中国海外等独资入标；亦有不少中小型发展商入标，其中丽新发展 (00488))则伙拍建灝地产合资入标；其餘发展商有大昌集团 (00088) 、其士国际 (00025) 、佳明集团 (01271) 及佳兆业集团。
大昌集团执行董事李永修指，是次独资入标，若中标预计将兴建中小型单位。李氏指，疫情难免对楼市有所影响，惟疫情减退后楼市会恢復。至于国安法料对楼市影响不大，因为现时买楼都为用家，楼市仍有需求。
佳明集团控股项目经理曾嘉敏指，出价方面审慎，属市场预期价之内。多方因素影响下，料楼价短期有波幅，长远「雨过天晴」。
佳兆业集团资本市场部总监蔡晋指，港岛地皮尤其南区较为罕有，是次出价合理。至于楼价方面，蔡氏指本港属「大湾区9+2规划」内，受惠于大湾区概念，未来发展稳定。
(经济日报)
葵涌中央工业大厦 申建酒店
新冠肺炎疫情下，市场仍对酒店前景具信心，由「铺王」邓成波持有的葵涌中央工业大厦，申请重建成酒店，提供近1,200个房间。
邓成波持有的葵涌打砖坪街57至61号中央工业大厦，申请重建成酒店并放宽地积比率，拟建成一幢31层高酒店，提供1,196个房间，地积比率约11.4倍，总楼面不多于27.6万平方呎，物业一楼将为职员办公室，2楼为接待处、餐饮及花园空间，3至29楼则为酒店客房。
申请人认为，是次发展符合区内由工业转为商业用途的趋势，透过扩阔的行人道及提供绿化，改装计划有助改善大厦附近街道环境。
(经济日报)
Hong Kong homebuyers enter the market, as developers
dangle discounts to end nine weeks of slumping property sales
Hong Kong’s homebuyers came off the
sidelines to nibble at more than 200 flats offered at two projects, as
developers slashed prices to end nine consecutive weeks of sales flops.
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), the
city’s most valuable developer, managed to sell 162 of 200 flats, or 80 per
cent of units offered in the first batch of the second phase of its Wetland
Seasons Park project in Tin Shui Wai as of 9:30pm after cutting prices by up to
18 per cent. Easyknit International found buyers for eight of 26 units at The Ayton in Kowloon with discounts of as much as
8 per cent, sales agents said.
The sales result, which still pales
in comparison with launches six months ago, is a minor cause for relief among
developers, as they struggle to find customers to commit to big-ticket
financial commitments during Hong Kong’s worst recession in decades. The city’s
property sales flopped for the sixth time in nine weeks last weekend, as
investors find themselves spoilt for choices while the residential real estate
market slumps under a combination of a supply glut and recessionary woes.
“There is increased appetite to buy
Hong Kong property,” a property agent said. “With everybody unable to travel,
it’s giving [buyers] more time to focus on the market and take advantage of
some discounts.”
SHKP dangled discounts of up to
18 per cent to keep the average price at Wetland Seasons Park at HK$11,368 (US$1,466)
per square foot, with apartments in the 699-unit complex ranging from 416 to
721 square feet. The cheapest flat was a 499-sq ft unit at HK$4.9 million.
“Wetland Seasons Park continues
to be popular [among] buyers, especially younger customers, who make up about
80 per cent of the buyers,” another agent. “About 40 per cent of the buyers are
investors.”
The Ayton, with sizes between 228 sq and 677 sq ft, were priced at HK$29,800
per sq ft. A 228-sq ft flat was offered at HK$6.6 million in the 60-unit
project.
The weekend’s new launch of
projects came amid heightened political tension in the city, following the
proposed national security law by China’s legislature, which could undo the
improving interest of residents in the city to buy property, agents said.
“Buyers are becoming more focused
on Hong Kong over other markets and investing money at home over international
markets such as the US, which is showing increasing aggression toward China,” the
agent said. “However, we will have to wait [and] see if the sentiment holds
with the proposed introduction” of the national security law in China, aqent
said.
The Hang Seng Index fell to a
near five-year low as Beijing prepared to vote on the law that would allow it
to tighten its grip on Hong Kong. Investors are known to be more cautious and
generally stay away from the real estate market when the equity market is down.
Reports from Chinese media quoted
buyers saying that they were not worried about the proposed law.
A buyer surnamed Chong, who
bought a four-bedroom unit at the Wetland Seasons for HK$14 million, reckoned
the legislation would only have a “short-term” impact on the property market.
“Home prices will be determined
more by supply instead of political reasons. If the government cannot solve the
housing shortage, prices will increase further,” he said.
Another buyer, who also bought a
four-bedroom unit for HK$18 million, said he liked the project’s location and
noted that the property would be more expensive if it was in an urban district.
(South
China Morning Post)
