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Alina Hovhannisyan

Apartments in Yerevan rose in price by 5.4% in Q2, with increase in  transactions for their purchase and sale by 30.8%

Apartments in Yerevan rose in price by 5.4% in Q2, with increase in  transactions for their purchase and sale by 30.8%

ArmInfo. The average market value of real estate in multi- apartment buildings in Yerevan for Q2 2022 increased by 5.4%, with a y-o-y growth of 16.7%, amounting to  386.2 thousand drams / 1 sq.m. This is evidenced by the data of the  RA State Committee for Real Estate Cadastre.

The highest prices for apartments in Yerevan are traditionally in the  Kentron (Center) community - an average of 737.9 thousand drams / 1  sq.m. (y-o-y growth by 19.8%, for the quarter - by 6%). Then follows  Arabkir, where the price of apartment buildings is fixed at the level  of 522 thousand drams / 1 sq.m. (y-o-y growth by 17.3%, for the  quarter - by 5.9%). Kanaker-Zeitun closes the top three - 383.7  thousand drams / 1 sq.m. (y-o-y growth by 20.6%, for the quarter - by  5.5%).

The lowest housing prices in the capital remain in the Nubarashen  community, where a square meter of an apartment averaged 202.4  thousand drams / 1 sq.m., with a y-o-y growth of 14.7%, and quarterly  - by 5%.

At the same time, 3,343 transactions for the purchase and sale of  apartments were carried out in the capital in Q2, which is 30% higher  than the indicator of a year ago, with an increase over the quarter  by 30.8%.  Then transactions with private houses follow - 631 (y-o-y  growth by 18.8%, quarterly - by 41.8%), garages - 478 (y-o-y growth  by 7.2%, quarterly - by 22.6%), land plots - 394 (y-o-y growth by  2.6%, per quarter - by 5.9%), public buildings - 320 (y-o-y growth of  16.8%, for the quarter - by 21.2%), industrial buildings - 52 (y-o-y  growth of 6.1%, for the quarter -decline by 5.5%.  In total, 17,384  real estate transactions were concluded in Yerevan during the  reporting period, which is 10.5% higher than a year ago, with an  increase of 23.1% over the quarter. Of the total number of these  transactions, purchase and sale accounts for 30% or 5,218  transactions, with a y-o-y growth of 22.6%, with a quarterly growth  of 27.8%. The share of real estate rental transactions in the capital  accounts for 9.5% or 1,658 transactions, which is 7.1% higher than a  year ago, with an increase of 18.3% over the quarter.

In total, 53,596 transactions with real estate were made in Armenia  in Q2 2022, which is 5.8% higher than the indicator of a year ago,  with an increase of 24.8% over the quarter. At the same time, during  the reporting period, the lion's share of transactions accounted for  transactions with land (38%), and the smallest part- with industrial  buildings (2.4%). Of the total number, 28.1% or 15,093 transactions  fall on the share of purchase and sale transactions, with an increase  of 8.5% per year and 24.7% per quarter.