寿臣山美领馆屋地截标 测量师行：不作评论

中美两国关係持续恶化，美国政府持有的南区寿臣山寿山村道37号物业，早前推出市场招标，并于昨天截标，惟负责是次标售的测量师行就表示，不会就此事作评论。

物业由美国政府于1948年购入，并持有至今作美国驻港领事馆宿舍之用，早前作公开招标出售。物业于1983年落成，现为六幢低密度住宅物业提供26个单位及52个车位，另设室外游泳池。物业重建潜力优厚，地盘面积约94,796平方呎，可重建面积约47,397平方呎。由于地盘布局修长，对海门面极宽阔，届时可重建为海景豪宅独立屋项目，每户均可享深水湾醉人美景。

估值50亿 每呎地价约10万

市场对该屋地估值约50亿元，每呎楼面地价约10万元。资料显示，比邻物业为寿山村道39号，于2018年6月以59.29亿元由中资华润置地 (01109)购入，楼面地价高达每平方呎85,847元。

(经济日报)

Hong Kong’s homebuyers defy 11 days of triple-digit coronavirus cases to snap up Henderson’s Seacoast Royale flats in Tuen Mun

Henderson Land Development sold all of the 185 units offered at its Seacoast Royale project in Tuen Mun as at 7:30pm, agents said

As many as 8,563 registrations of intent were received, which means an average of 46 people put down deposits to qualify to bid for each of the flats on offer

Hong Kong's property buyers defied a tropical cyclone and the 11th day of triple-digit confirmed coronavirus cases to snap up new homes launched by one of the city's largest developers, underscoring the resilience of the real estate bull market.

Henderson Land Development sold all 185 units offered at its Seacoast Royale project in Tuen Mun as at 7:30pm, agents said. As many as 8,563 registrations of intent were received, which means an average of 46 people put down deposits to qualify to bid for each of the flats on offer.

“Flats of such pricing are popular among buyers,” agent said. “They kept submitting registrations of intent, despite the third wave of virus infections. They still came out to [view and bid for] the flats today.”

The overwhelming response for Henderson’s new project goes some way to illustrate why Hong Kong’s property prices have held up against the city’s worst economic recession on record, as a flood of cheap financing unleashed by global central banks including Hong Kong’s monetary authority attracted investors to park their money in fixed assets. June’s price index of lived-in homes rose to a 10-month high on Friday, according to government data.

Prices of the 611-unit Seacoast Royale project, developed by Empire Group Holdings and Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings), start at HK$2.91 million (US$375,000) for a studio unit measuring 207 square feet (19.2 square metres), the cheapest price for new projects in 18 months. Ava 228 in Sham Shui Po, a collection of some of Hong Kong’s tiniest abodes, offered a micro-apartment of 151 sq ft for HK$2.8 million in February 2019.

The average price of the 185 flats on offer today at Seacoast Royale is HK$13,638 per sq ft, or 27 per cent cheaper than Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Regency Bay in the same neighbourhood, which sold just 35 of 55 flats on offer on Friday.

One buyer forked out HK$22.74 million for four flats at Seacoast Royale, said Henderson’s sales general manager Thomas Lam.

Buyers are flocking to snap up new flats because of the low interest rates prevailing in Hong Kong, and the depreciation of money amid the global quantitative easing by central banks, agent said.

“The project is also cheap relative to nearby projects,” agent said. “Buyers are afraid that home price would still climb after the pandemic. So they would buy when it is cheap now.”

The pace of new projects being launched may slow in the coming months, as the third wave of coronavirus outbreaks in the city deters people from holding mass gatherings, agent said. Fewer than 1,000 new homes may be sold in August, agents said.

The project’s low starting price and mortgages of high loan-to-value ratio encouraged buyers, another agent said.

This project is “even better than Home Ownership Scheme ones” so buyers were rather enthusiastic, agent said.