In some cities, demand for apartments and, accordingly, prices are increasing. This applies mainly to the western regions, which are considered relatively safe. In Lviv, Uzhgorod, and Chernivtsi, queues for apartments literally line up.
In others, on the contrary, there are fewer and fewer people willing to buy housing, and the number of those who want to sell an apartment or house is growing rapidly. People are ready to concede 20-30% in order to "withdraw" money. This is the situation, for example, in Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Mykolaiv, where shelling has become more frequent.
"There are many sellers and every day there are more of them. 20-30%, 5-10 thousand dollars are ready to give way in price, they say, just sell, we'd rather sit with the money or carefully take it out of the country. There are a lot of apartments for sale, and I don't even know who we can sell them to," says Odesa realtor Volodymyr Rovenchuk.
As a result, a unit in Kharkiv or Odesa already costs many times cheaper than in Lviv or Uzhhorod.
Kyiv stands apart. There are people willing to buy housing in the capital. But the demand is specific. "7 out of 10 buyers want to buy "e-Osel" with a soft loan, there are also many who are trying to negotiate with sellers about installments. Not all owners are ready for such deals. As a result, the market froze," Kyiv realtor Iryna Lukhanina told us.
Also, notaries record an increase in the number of men who want to transfer apartments to wives and mothers due to rumors that soon it will not be possible to sell an apartment without a certificate from the TCC.
