District 1 house prices top Saigon real estate chart
District 1 house prices top Saigon real estate chart
District 1 in downtown Saigon recorded the highest real estate listing prices in Q3 due to limited supply, a new report says.The average selling price of a street-view house in HCMC’s District 1 was VND490 million ($21,124) per square meter in Q3, according to a report by real estate trading site Batdongsan.com.vn.
This was 56 percent higher than the average price in neighboring District 3 and 87 percent higher than in District 10.
For alley-view houses, the average price in District 1 was VND259 million ($11,164) per square meter, 32 percent higher than District 3 and 52 percent higher than District 10.For apartments, the average price in District 1 was VND114 million ($4,914) per square meter, twice that of the second-ranked District 10.
Dwindling real estate supply in HCMC as population increases has pushed real estate prices up in recent years, especially in central business districts.Pham Lam, CEO of real estate firm DKRA Vietnam, said at a forum earlier this month that apartment prices in the city have surged by about 50-60 percent in the last five years as supply of Grade C buildings (affordable real estate) dwindled.
Other experts have said that that the delay caused by the city’s real estate administrative procedures has contributed to slower supply and increased prices.
