Hong Kong developer SHKP rushes out more Sierra Sea flats amid surge of mainland buyers
Sierra Sea project in the New Territories following two consecutive sold-out weekends in one of Hong Kong's largest residential projects in more than a quarter century.
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On Wednesday, Hong Kong's largest developer will offer 150 flats in the 9,700-unit project in Shap Sze Heung, located between Sai Kung and Ma On Shan. The flats range in size from 301 sq ft to 702 sq ft.
The units are priced between HK$12,675 (US$1,635) and HK$15,486 per square foot. Of the 150 units, 128 will be sold via a regular sale with an average price after discounts of HK$11,897 per square foot – about 9.4 per cent higher than the first two batches of flats launched
on April 26 and
Saturday . The other 22 flats will be sold via tender.
The sale comes after Saturday's sale drew a surge in mainland Chinese buyers, whose numbers increased between 10 and 40 per cent compared with the previous weekend's sale as China's five-day Labour Day holiday got under way, according to Louis Chan Wing-kit, CEO of Centaline Property Agency.
The first two batches of units at the project hit the market at an average selling price last seen in the area in 2013. The average discounted price of HK$10,877 per square foot was also 20 per cent lower than prices for nearby second-hand flats.
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