Statistics and development of the real estate market in Ukraine

The cost of housing in the secondary market is falling - experts and analysts on real estate issues say. Compared to the same period last year, prices for secondary apartments decreased by about 3-8% in the first quarter of 2013. Today, a square meter of such an apartment in the capital costs about $ 1,700.Buying an apartment in Ukraine, and in particular, in Kiev, has become more profitable than ever. Already now you can find offers for the sale of one-room apartments in Khrushchovki for only 40-45 thousand dollars. Last year, such housing would have cost potential buyers at least fifty thousand dollars. The reason for this phenomenon, according to real estate experts, is the low activity of the population - in March 2013, only 700 transactions for the purchase and sale of apartments were registered. This level is comparable to what it was after the financial crisis, at the beginning of 2009. Also, a significant role was played by the strict conditions of banks, high interest rates on loans, as well as the transfer of powers to register housing rights from the BTI to notaries.

Rental housing is gradually gaining more and more momentum, regardless of the country where it happens, because everywhere people move, move in one way or another, and therefore there is rental housing. Ukraine is no exception in this regard. The most popular places to rent are the resort spaces of the Crimea - the influx of tourists in the spring and autumn period makes it profitable to provide your apartment for a while to literally anyone living there. Especially attractive are the seaside towns, in particular, Yalta. It is worth noting that even the high cost of an apartment or house does not frighten potential customers, because when planning a trip, tourists already include a certain amount in its budget only for rent. During the tourist season, the rental rate increases, as observations show, by two to three times compared to the winter season. However, we should not forget about the capital - the city of Kiev, where apartment rentals have also acquired a grand scale. The most attractive here is housing in quiet residential areas, in the so-called quiet center. The peculiarity is that there is a greater demand for the area near the Levoberezhnaya station, since apartments on the left bank are the cheapest. Another place in Kiev is the Shulyavka district, where rental housing is in unprecedented demand (primarily among students, since most universities are concentrated there).

In Ukraine, they intend to introduce a bill prohibiting the sale of apartments by court decision. As the authors of this decision explain, such a measure is necessary due to the existence of arrears in the payment of scholarships, wages and other payments to the population. Already, the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Communal Services, construction and regional policy is proposing to the Verkhovna Rada to impose a moratorium on such a phenomenon as the sale of apartments in Ukraine forcibly. In particular, this bill implies a ban on the sale of real estate to cover debts for housing and communal services, fines, penalties and other types of debts of the owner of the apartment. The authors of the bill hope that such a solution will reduce tension in society, protect the least affluent segments of the population and raise the standard of living of citizens to a sufficiently high level.

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