戴德梁行：今日全球楼市速览(2010.03.11)

3. 由深圳科技持有的中環環球大廈中高層○一室，面積約三千五百零三方呎，成交價五千七百八十萬元，平均呎價約一萬六千五百元，為今年該廈首宗成交，物業於兩年間升值約兩成八，回報約四厘九。(星島日報)

4. 希慎興業(0014)昨公布09年12月31日止全年度業績，股東應佔盈利27.16億元，較08年增長70.39%，主要是期內物業重估由08年虧損2.12億元轉為去年估值盈餘12.49億元。希慎興業前主席兼署理行政總裁利定昌於去年10月逝世，由鍾逸傑爵士接任為獨立非執行主席，公司昨再委任嚴磊輝為行政總裁，兼任董事總經理一職。嚴磊輝強調，公司未來發展主業不變，仍會以寫字樓、商舖及住宅收租業務為主，公司目前將集中資源進行銅鑼灣興利中心的重建工作，預計項目可於明年底落成，暫未有招租時間表。(文匯報)

5. 市場消息透露，旺角太子道西150至152號太子商業大廈3層舖位剛易手，物業1至3樓，總面積約1.43萬平方呎，3層樓面為「太子娛樂城」，由桌球室、麻將會等承租，每月租金約34.8萬元，剛以8,500萬元成交，回報率近5厘。此外，日前帝邦以3.5億元，沽出加連威老道31至31A舊樓，買家為傅姓投資者。(香港經濟日報)

Mainland China

1. China's exports surged more than expected in Feb as imports continued strong growth, reflecting a robust domestic economy and signs of a global recovery after the long-term financial crisis. China's exports jumped 45.7% in Feb from a year earlier to US$94.5bn, sharply up from 21% in Jan, the General Administration of Customs said. The actual pace of export growth was even faster considering the timing of the Spring Festival holiday, which fell in Feb this year but in Jan last year. Imports advanced 44.7% y-o-y to US$86.9bn, compared with a rise of 85.5% in Jan. The easing growth was mainly a result of the holiday when many factories shut. Trade surplus narrowed to US$7.6bn last month from US$14.1bn in Jan and US$18.4bn in Dec. (Shanghai Daily).

2. Air Cargo volume rose 68.2% to 450,726 tons in Jan in China, while airline passenger volume gained 11.1%, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. (Shanghai Daily).

3. China’s urban property prices rose the fastest in 23 months in Feb, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Real estate prices in 70 major cities on the Chinese mainland jumped 10.7% last month, accelerating from a 9.5% gain in Jan and posting the biggest y-o-y increase since April 2008, according to the Bureau's website. The Feb lift was the 9th in a row since last June, when property prices in the 70 cities tracked by the Government started to register growth following declines for 6 months. (Shanghai Daily).

4. Shanghai targets faster growth in retail sales and steady foreign investment this year with the World Expo set to create a lot of new opportunities in the city, a senior Government official said. The city aims to achieve a 16% rise in retail sales this year, up 2 percentage points from a year earlier. Foreign direct investment will be at an "appropriate" scale when the Municipal Government tries to direct more of it into the services sector, said Sha Hailin, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce. (Shanghai Daily).