Successful property transactions lowest in last four years: Ministry
Successful property transactions accounted for 14 percent of the total existing units in the first quarter of 2020, marking a decrease of 60 percent from the same period last year and also the lowest in the past four years, according to a report.
Hanoi(VNA) – Successful property transactionsaccounted for 14 percent of the total existing units in the first quarter of 2020, marking a decrease of 60percent from the same period last year and also the lowest in the past four years, according to a report.
The marketwitnessed 13,042 successful transactions of various types of property, rangingfrom apartments, houses, land to condotels and resorts/villas in the firstthree months of the year, the Ministry of Construction said in its latestquarterly report on the domestic housing and real estate market released on May7.
Of the amount,Hanoi sold a total of 1,167 apartments, houses and land lots while Ho Chi MinhCity made 2,816 successful transactions, down 62 percent and 45 percent,respectively.
There were 56projects with 20,536 units licensed from January-March while 997 others with 233,313 units were underconstruction. The number of apartments completed was 18,061, the report said.
Five projectswith 4,512 tourist apartments and 476 tourist villas were licensed while 48 others with 18,549 tourist apartments and 3,359 tourist villas wereunder construction.
The reportsaid the progress of manyprojects had been seriously hampered by precautious measures and the nationwide social distrancing order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prices ofcondo units in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City during the first quarter rose by 1.02percent and 3.5 percent, respectively, year-on-year while those for tourism properties remained unchanged. Prices of industrial properties continued an upward trend, surging 6.2 percent during theperiod.
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Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
