Instead of investing millions of dollars to build properties in HCM City’s inner districts, real estate developers are renting properties and furnishing apartments and putting them up as mid-priced serviced apartments for rent.

Food and beverage and fashion and lifestyle will continue to drive demand in HCM City’s retail property market, according to real estate consultancies.

More and more Vietnamese are looking for opportunities to invest in property abroad to diversify their portfolio, according to experts.

Industrial property in the Northern Key Economic Zone (NKEZ) saw strong development in the third quarter of this year, according to Jones Lang LaSalle firm (JLL Viet Nam).

Vietnam's real estate market continues to attract foreign investors because of its growth potential, especially Korean investors, according to real estate consulting companies.

Hundreds of real estate projects in Ho Chi Minh City have been suspended over the last two years, with many reasons being flouted for delays.

Proptech is playing an increasingly important role in information provision and the buying and selling of properties.

The domestic real estate market in the second half of this year is not expected to witness significant changes in price due to stability in supply.

Regardless of global uncertainties, domestic policy changes and market fluctuations, Vietnam’s real estate market will continue growing in 2017 thanks to a plethora of driving factors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mark Cameron of the UK, who lives and works in Viet Nam, believes that he will be able own residential property thanks to the revised Law on Housing, which has removed prior restrictions on foreigners from buying property

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, more South Korean and Japanese investors arrived in Vietnam, ready to pour more money into property projects.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The real estate market, it appears, has been given a new lease of life. Market liquidity has improved significantly, with reduced inventory and increased sales.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign real estate service firms once “bossed the show” in the golden age of the real estate market. However, in the economic crisis, things have got quite different.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese, who always want their immovable properties to be their permanent assets, would not be interested in 49-year-ownership houses.