Hanoi (VNA) ꦺ– Thenumber of licensed housing projects rose sharply in the second quarter, theMinistry of Construction announced on August 4.
During the period, therewere 325 licensed projects with more than 70,300 apartments, 1,425 underwayprojects with over 246,000 apartments, and 73 others completed with 8,901 apartments. Hanoi was home to eight lisencedprojects while Ho Chi Minh City had four. Both cities had no licensed projects in the first quarter. The number of tourism property projects also increased quarter-on-quarter,with 92 projects licensed, 91 under construction and 12 completed. The progress ofconstruction was better than the previous quarter. Successful real estate transactions wereequivalent to about 130-140 percent from those in the first quarter. There were 29,600successful deals in the second quarter, including over 1,300 in Hanoi and 3,900in Ho Chi Minh City, up 40.6 percent and 16 percent from the first quarter, respectively. Despite difficulties,the real estate market still sees development opportunities, the ministrysaid./.
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