Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po (Reporter Leung Yuk Cum)The residential land which located in Pak Shek Kok,Tai Po failed the bid before,so it have tested the purchasing power of new properties,there are five new properties in every districts have launched out the sale yesterday,which involved in a total of 84 units and ultimately sold only 38 units,of which MOUNT PARKER RESIDENCES in Sai Wan Terrace Quarry Bay which involved in over HKD $2.0 ten million per unit have recorded hot sale,it have sold out 19 units out of 30 units in the first day of sales,many of buyers are come form the mainland.As for Wing Tai Properties was optimistic about the outlook of the mansion market,they have decided to adjourn the remaining 18 units of The Warren in Causeway Bay and also will cut half of the special cash rebate of the five units of the property starting from next Tuesday.
The five new properties which launched out the sale yesterday at one day,includes Sai Wan Terrace MOUNT PARKER RESIDENCES (30 units),North
Point DIVA (5 units),Sham Shui Po The Met. Delight (8 units),Yuan Long Riva( 21 special units) and Yuen Long Park Signature (20 units).Except for the MOUNT PARKER RESIDENCES have launched out the sale for the first time,the other properties are launching out the sales of additional units and the overall sales have slowed down,of which Riva sold 14 units,Park Signature in Yuen Long sold five units and DIVA in
North Point The Met. Delight in Sham Shui Po Hui Yuet haven't recorded any deal yet.
MOUNT PARKER may be launched out the sale of extra units
Swire Properties Residential Operations Director Du Wai Yip said that the first batch 30 units of MOUNT PARKER RESIDENCES have recorded 36 groups of buyers have arrived at the scene,so he felt very pleased with the reaction and to see the buyers are mainly bought the units for home-use.The spokesman of the project said that they have sold 19 units of this project yesterday,of which the units of Flat B accounted for 11 units and the units of Flat c accounted for 8 units.
Reporters arrived at the underground of Tower 3 of Taikoo Shing yesterday afternoon and seen,there are real estate agents and their clients have been arrived in the restaurant which located nearby the scene of the sales office in order to wait for the balloting for choosing flats,and there are a dozens of real estate agent and buyers have arrived at scene and waiting at 2:00pm.One of the buyers,Ms. Lin said that she is now living in Wan Chai district,buying the unit of MOUNT PARKER RESIDENCES this time was planned for self-use.Another buyer who is living in the same area Mr.Du also said that he had visited other new properties,but still feeling the quality of this property is good,also the price is reasonable,so bought it for self use.As of 4:00 pm,there are two prospective buyers also represented that they have waited for too long,so give up on choosing flats finally.
Centaline Asia Pacific president,Mr Chan Wing Kit said that when this property project have launched out the sale on yesterday,their agents have recorded with an attendance rate of 70%,of which the buyers are mostly for mansion home-use,reflecting there are no supply of new properties in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island in recent years,whcih cumulative the purchasing power in order to exchange the flats.He pointed out that through the implementation of the double spicy strokes,the bot sellers and buyers have accelerated to the pace of decision of buying properties,used Centaline commission for an example,it have recorded three-times rose over the same period of last month.Chan Wing Kit expected that the first-hand property market will still leading the whole property market in the second season of this year,also will continue to provide about 30 % discount in order to be attractive,so the overall property market will be remained a situation of'the prices fell and the transactions rose',it is expected that the second-hand property prices will fall 10% to 15% in the first half of this year when compared to the same period of last year.
Mansion buyers bought 2 units in over HKD $6.4 ten million
Chief Executive Officer of Residential Department of Midland Realty Pu Siu Ming cleared that the attendance of Midland Realty on the first day of sale of the project by more than 60%,due to the fact that the developers have provided tax rebate,etc., so it have attracted home
users and buyers who wanted to change their property in every district to join in this sale.According to Midland Realty customer demographics,Hong Kong Island customers accounted for approximately 80%, while the buyers who come from outside the Eastern District have accounted for approximately 80%,also there are buyers form Hong Kong Island mansion have also spent more than HKD $6.4 ten million and bought two units in one time,it is expected to stimulate the mansion purchasing power to release,which brought a supporting role for the luxury market in the short term period.
In addition,Wing Tai Properties yesterday have decided to close the sale of 18 units out of the 23 units which are available for the sale of The Warren in Causeway Bay,mainly are two-bedrooms units and units which located in a very high level,while the other five units will cut the half of the special cash rebate and the valorem duty of 50%,or 3.75% of the property property prices (whichever is lower) for the sale starting from next Tuesday.
Double Cove Phase 1 will launch out 48 extra units on sale
In addition,Double Cove Phase 1 in Ma On Shan have announced to launch out the sale of 48 units,mainly are located in Flat C,D,E,G of Tower 2,3,5 respectively,also will start accepting the registrations from today until next Friday and it will be launched out the sale in next Saturday.
