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  • NewsFlash - First Look At Hong Kong Property Market Performance Q2 2014

NewsFlash - First Look At Hong Kong Property Market Performance Q2 2014

July 2, 2014
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CBRE Hong Kong presents key sector specific highlights for Q2 2014. For more information or to arrange interview on the key findings please contact [email protected] / 2820 8108.


Investment Market*

  • Investment lump sum for commercial assets transacted (excluding sites) $18.4 billion, a 78% increase from Q1 2014
  • Investment market sentiment improved towards the latter half of Q2 2014 when some eye-catching deals were concluded. Most significant being the purchase of East Tower of One Bay East by Citi for $5.42 billion
  • The warehouse sector, leveraging on the demand-supply imbalance, continued to post capital value growth, up 3.3% q-o-q, the strongest amongst all commercial property sectors

Prime Office Market*

  • The office leasing market remained broadly slow in Q2 2014 although sustained demand from PRC financial sector firms helped fuel Central with some momentum
  • Overall net absorption slowed to 18,750 sq. ft. (NFA), bringing the year-to-date number to 174,000 sq. ft. in the first half of the year.  This is far from strong, from a historical perspective, but is in contrast to the negative 130,00 sq. ft. recorded for 1H 2013
  • Rental movements mainly within a 1% band with the exception of Tsim Sha Tsui, where pressure from returning space in the heavily-weighted ICC led to a 4% drop in the submarket’s average rents

 

Overall (Q2 2014)

Overall (Q1 2014)

Central (Q2 2014)

Central (Q1 2014)

Vacancy

3.6%

3.7%

4.4%

5.2%

Rents

HK$59.1

HK$59.6

HK$99.5

HK$99.6

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Retail Market*

  • The sales of some luxury products have dropped substantially (e.g. watch and jewelry has dropped by 39.9% y-o-y), and the sector has seen a softened leasing demand from retailers
  • No apparent slowdown in demand from mass market retailers. Cosmetics retailers and pharmacies, for instance, remained active in securing retail space
  • Prime street shop landlords have softened their stance in rental negotiations. The fall in rents, however, was only more noticeable in fringe locations
  • Overall prime rents dropped 0.3% q-o-q.

Industrial Market*

  • A continued growth of retained imports (5.9% y-o-y growth in Q1 2014) provided a strong platform for warehouse demand
  • The leasing market continued to be handicapped by a lack of available space to accommodate sustained demand from retailer and third party logistics tenants
  • Q2 2014 saw overall vacancy edging down 20bps to 0.4%
  • Rents remained on the rise as landlords maintained their strong position in the prevailing low-vacancy environment

The full set of CBRE Hong Kong Q2 MarketViews will be available in mid-July.  



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Neither CBRE nor its affiliated companies make any warranties or claims on the implied accuracy of the information contained herein.
 

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