Vietnam property sales rise in January

The domestic property market reported more sales in January compared to December 2017, according to the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Property Market Management Department.

It said that in January, Hà Nội had 1,650 transactions, an increase of 13.8 per cent and HCM City had 1,900, a rise of 8.6 per cent over December’s figures.

In Hà Nội, many housing projects have been completed and offered with attractive trade promotion programmes. The offerings are in the high- and mid-end segments and are located in convenient places. There are many kinds of area and payment methods can be flexible, the department said.

Some projects had many sales in January, including Season Avenue, Hà Đông; An Bình City-Bắc Từ Liêm; Sunshine Riverside Tây Hồ and Romance Plaza, Hà Đông.

Average offered price of an apartment in January rose 0.14 per cent against the December price. Of which, the price surged 0.17 per cent for high-end apartments, 0.05 per cent for mid-end apartments and 0.56 per cent for affordable apartments.

Price of house on land had an increase of 0.24 per cent compared with December.

Liquidity on the HCM City property market also increased in January. High- and mid-end apartment segments reported many sales.

Customers paid attention to apartments having one or two bedrooms and price at about VNĐ1 billion (US$44,000) per unit, but the supply was low.

Projects reporting many transactions included New City Thủ Thiêm, District 2; Saigon Intela-Bình Chánh District; and Melosa Garden, District 9.

Average selling price increased 0.24 per cent for apartments and 0.81 per cent for house and land.

The price declined 0.05 per cent for high-end apartments, but rose 0.33 per cent for mid-end apartments and 0.53 per cent for affordable apartments.