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  Ho Chi Minh City as seen from the rooftop of a downtown building. Property prices are expected to fall in the next six months. Developers are still pessimistic about market conditions but some experts believe investors should not rule out real estate just yet. Economist...

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   An apartment project in Hanoi. Many buyers in Vietnam are adopting a wait-and-see approach, hoping prices would slump further. Vietnam’s real estate market is in a funk so bad that several drops in prices have not brought any cheer to buyers. According to the...

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  Four years after a real estate boom that saw investors camp out on the streets waiting to pay cash for unbuilt apartments, Vietnam’s once-hot property market has caught a chill. High inflation and interest rates along with a government-imposed credit squeeze have led to a fall in prices and other incentives...

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  Workers clean the Keangnam residence tower in Hanoi September 20, 2011. Like many hoping for easy cash in Vietnam’s property market, Nguyen Thu Huong borrowed VND500 million ($24,000) from a bank in April to buy a new flat she didn’t need and planned to flip....

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M&A in real estate is witnessing a rapid growth worldwide, Savills says Vietnam will see the number of merger and acquisition deals in real estate rising as the market is critically short of capital, real estate service provider Savills said. Given that the Vietnam real estate market is now in a downturn, caused by constrained...

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  Government’s inflation fight will decide short-term future, analysts say Motorcyclists ride past a construction site in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City on August 8. For the first time in two years, land prices have gone down in Hanoi. Perhaps for the first time ever, developers...

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Vietnam’s property market is still in its infancy Speculative trading is widespread in the real estate sector and it’s necessary to ensure bank credit is not just benefiting speculators, Minister of Construction Nguyen Hong Quan said. The market is facing many problems, with prices staying high and speculative...

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Visitors inspect a real estate development project during an exhibition on construction and property in Hanoi. The residential property market in Ho Chi Minh City has been hit hard by the government’s tight monetary policy and buyer confidence is not likely to improve anytime soon, real estate companies say. Consulting...

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An incomplete mansion in Hanoi The Ministry of Construction has proposed a new rule that bans project developers to sell land and half-built houses to customers. Residential property developers must finish construction before being allowed to sell their projects, the rule said. In its latest report on the real estate...

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A woman walks past a panel promoting a real estate project during Vietbuild 2011, an exhibition on construction and property held in Hanoi last week The Ministry of Construction has proposed the establishment of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), a fund that raises capital from the public to invest in property projects....

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