On Friday, a 1,706 sq ft, four-bedroom unit in Deep Water Pavilia, a 447-unit luxury residential project in Wong Chuk Hang, sold for HK$85.3 million, or HK$50,000 per square foot – the highest in absolute terms and on a per-square-foot basis in the district in recent years, according to a statement from NWD on Friday. The developer owns 50 per cent of the project.
The deal broke a record set just a few days earlier by a unit of the same size in the same development, which sold for HK$82 million.
The buyers of the 24 flats included people from The Peak, the Southern district, Kowloon, as well as affluent individuals from mainland China and overseas, five of whom bought two units each, NWD said on Monday. One foreign buyer spent HK$147.3 million on two four-bedroom flats, including the one that cost HK$82 million.
Analysts attributed the project’s success – which benefits from a prime location overlooking Deep Water Bay and easy access to public transport – to improving market sentiment and declining interest rates.
The one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate (Hibor), which is linked to mortgage loans, is currently at its lowest point in nearly three years.
