After a period of rapid price increases, secondary market apartment prices in many projects are on a sharp downward trend, with many apartments being offered at discounted prices of billions of dong, yet still failing to find buyers.
Apartment prices in Ho Chi Minh City are constantly reaching new highs, while rental rates remain low, leading to a declining and significantly imbalanced occupancy rate.
A two-year-old girl in Chile died after falling from her 11th-floor apartment while her drunk father was asleep with his girlfriend; it took police 40 minutes to wake him up after the accident.
Fluctuating interest rates have made homebuyers cautious, forcing real estate businesses to launch a series of financial incentives to retain customers and maintain market liquidity.
When I got married, my parents gave me an apartment, their lifelong savings for retirement, but my husband wants them to lend him more money to buy a car.
A Russian homeowner went away on business for three years, and upon his return, he was astonished to find his house overrun by pigeons, all because he had forgotten to close his windows.
With soaring housing prices and shrinking living spaces, many young people in Ho Chi Minh City are choosing to leave the urban core, and satellite cities have become the new centers of residence.
Ho Chi Minh City's satellite cities are entering a mature phase, where value lies not in being "cheap," but in their ability to create sustainable living spaces and communities.
Apartments are expected to be launched simultaneously at the end of 2025 due to years of pent-up supply, the removal of legal bottlenecks, and expectations of infrastructure development, prompting developers to release their projects at the same time.
Real estate buyers in Ho Chi Minh City have returned to the market, a broker said, adding that she successfully closed deals for 3 apartments and 1 townhouse in the past 3 months.
A Chinese woman's dream of a new life in Singapore was shattered when, despite paying 18 million VND in rent, she had to cram 14 other people into an apartment that was "like a pigsty."
After four unsuccessful auctions, 3.790 resettlement apartments in the Thu Thiem new urban area (Ho Chi Minh City) will be put up for auction again by the city, to be converted into commercial housing.
Following the merger with Ho Chi Minh City, many projects in Di An and Thuan An (formerly Binh Duong) are still selling at around 35 million VND/m², but experts predict this level will be difficult to maintain after the third quarter of 2025.
Foodinco Real Estate Joint Stock Company (a member unit of Alphanam Group) has launched more than 200 apartments in M Landmark Residences Da Nang onto the market.
Apartments priced under 50 million VND/m² account for only 13% of the supply, while houses priced over 30 billion VND/unit are too numerous, resulting in a weak sales rate.
The Diamond Riverside apartment complex (District 8) was affected by aftershocks from the Myanmar earthquake, with cracks appearing in over 300 apartments and tiles coming loose in many areas, causing concern among residents.
A 6,6m² apartment, barely big enough for a bed, kitchen, wardrobe, and tiny bathroom, is priced at £270.000 (6,8 billion VND) due to its location in London's most expensive real estate area.
Right during the Lunar New Year holiday, many people in Ho Chi Minh City started saving money to buy new homes, with apartments priced under 3 billion VND being in high demand.
The latest report on the real estate market in Ho Chi Minh City and its surrounding areas shows that apartment sales are expected to increase by 24% in 2024.
A 6-square-meter apartment in Tokyo, Japan, has been criticized for resembling a giant toilet or a prison cell, yet it remains popular due to its low rent of only 5 million VND per month and all the necessary amenities.
When a landlord in China went to inspect his expensive apartment, he was shocked to find it had been turned into a chicken farm, emitting a strong, foul odor and causing significant damage.
Modern apartment sizes are now calculated based on usable floor area, rather than the area measured from the center of the walls as in the past. So what is usable floor area and how is it measured?