金鐘海富中心每呎42元放租

受新冠肺炎肆虐影响，带动核心区甲厦租金持续调整，部分业主趁机推出旗下物业放租，金鐘海富中心1期低层单位以每呎42元放租，涉资约11万。

代理表示，上述放租物业为金鐘夏道18号海富中心1期低层单位，面积约2625方呎，以意向租金约11万放租，呎租约42元。代理称，与该甲厦其他成交租盘比较，呎租属于低水平，故对用家甚具吸引力。

每月租金11万

海富中心为金鐘区内指标甲厦之一，惟受近期新冠肺炎肆虐影响，令该甲厦租金亦备受压力。资料显示，该甲厦1座1801室，面积6135方呎，于本月初以每呎40元租出，租金245400元。据区内代理分析道，上述租金较市价低约15%，并重回4年前水平，单位前租客为航空公司，2017年中呎租约46元，与最新租金比较，下跌幅度约13%。

另外，据大型代理行报告显示，金鐘区内甲厦空置率新报约6.12%，属过去6年新高水平，足见该区甲厦租金持续调整，吸引用家趁低吸纳进驻。

(星岛日报)

Bargain prices boost secondary sales

Lower home prices tempted bargain-hunters back to the market despite the coronavirus pandemic, with transactions at blue-chip estates doubling over the weekend.

Real estate agency reported 17 transactions at ten major housing estates over the past weekend, up by 113 percent from a week before.

This came as Hong Kong recorded 48 new coronavirus cases on March 20, the biggest daily tally since testing began.

However, Tai Koo Shing in Quarry Bay and Laguna City in Kwun Tong saw no secondary transactions.

Among secondary transactions, a 718-sq-ft flat at Sceneway Garden in Lam Tin changed hands for HK$11.95 million, or HK$16,643 per sq ft, after HK$2.55 million was rubbed off the asking price.

In Tai Po, a 1,606-sq-ft luxury house at The Beverly Hills fetched HK$15.3 million, or HK$9,527 per sq ft. The vendor will incur a loss of around HK$2 million after paying commission fees and stamp duties.

In Tin Shui Wai, a 550-sq-ft flat at Kingswood Villas changed hands for HK$5.38 million, or HK$9,782 per sq ft, after HK$620,000 was slashed from the asking price.

And in Tsuen Wan, a two-bedroom flat at Allway Gardens sold for HK$4.55 million, or HK$10,436 per sq ft, after HK$50,000 was cut from the asking price.

In the rentals market, a 1,668-sq-ft flat at The Aria in Ngau Chi Wan was rented for HK$46,500 per month, or HK$27.9 per sq ft, after HK$9,500 or 17 percent was cut from the initial asking fee.

Meanwhile, a 420-sq-ft flat at The Arch at Kowloon Station was rented for HK$20,000 per month, or HK$47.6 per sq ft.

In the primary market, prospective buyers have been pulling out of deals over fears of price declines sparked by the outbreak, with 28 forfeiture cases recorded so far this month, according to reports.

A buyer forfeited a deposit of around HK$190,000 after calling off the purchase of a 223-sq-ft flat at Emerald Bay Phase 2 in Tuen Mun, priced at HK$3.75 million.

Another forfeiture came at Seaside Sonata in Sham Shui Po where a deposit of some HK$784,000 was given up after a prospective buyer backed out of the purchase of a 695-sq-ft flat that was offered at HK$15.68 million, or HK$22,558 per sq ft.

Elsewhere, Wheelock Properties sold 68 out of 102 flats on offer at Ocean Marini in Lohas Park on Saturday.

(The Standard)