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EastSea What's current situation for Vietnam house market ?
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Vietnam house market just sufferred a freeze state, but that needed for a reduction in price.
Vietnam house market characteristics as follow :
1. People paid nearly 100% in advance to get the key ( for example: 30% when sign the contract, meanwhile the project still not finish the basement, 30% when finish a half of structure, 20% when finish the structure, 20% before get the key ) .
Some projects last longer than expected or never finished, and the buyers could lose their money if the investors run away.
2. The housing market made some big bubbles when they could always earn money by buying apartments or villas and resell them at higher prices.
But now everything changed, the price reach the reality state. Real demand now could satisfy not too hard.
3. Prices always depends on location, central, downtown, suburb ...
For Hanoi, apartment for low income people ( distance about 12-14 kilometers from city center ) cost about $400-450 / m2, 70m2 apartment cost $28,000-31,500 47m2 apartment cost $25,800 incl. VAT ; buyers could pay during 20-30 years after down payment 30% in advance. As you know average low income in Hanoi for household about $8,000/year, means 47m2 apartment price equal about 3 years of household income.
Apartment in the city cost about : $700-1700 per sqm, total for 70m2 : $49,000 ($700 / m2 ) ( low average household income about $8,000-10,000/year ) , for household go for $1200 - 1,700 / m2 : their income about $12,000-18,000 / year.
I have never experienced the living in apartment before, for my house in city center, it costs from $12,000-15,000 /m2 for land cost. I built up the 8 storey building with construction area about 600m2, we live in penthouse-like top 2 floors. 8 person in the family, under for leasing ... The cost for constructions about $180,000 - 200,000.
I don't have a car, because I have no driving license, and it also hard to keep a car around the city center, really uncomfortable ( parking, traffic jam, accident, police ... ). It's best to use taxi, bus or our own motorbike. For long distance, we rent the car with driver, mentioned that you will never dare to drive in Vietnam by yourself.