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Alina Hovhannisyan

60% of land purchase and sale transactions in regions of Armenia in  2023 were land ones

60% of land purchase and sale transactions in regions of Armenia in  2023 were land ones

ArmInfo. The average market price of apartments in the regions of Armenia in 2023 increased by  13.4%, amounting to 130.8 thousand AMD/1 sq.m.

According to cadastral data, the highest prices for apartments in the  regions are traditionally held in the resort town of Tsaghkadzor -  412.2 thousand AMD/1 sq.m. on average, withy-o-y growth of 11.2%.  This is followed by Abovyan, where the price of an apartment is  recorded at 260.7 thousand AMD/1 sq.m., with a y-o-y increase of  5.7%. And the TOP-3 is closed by the city of Vagharshapat, where the  cost of a square meter of an apartment is 237.2 thousand AMD, with a  y-o-y increase of 10.5%.  The lowest prices were recorded in the  Tumanyan community (Lori region) - 25.2 thousand AMD/1 sq.m. (with a  y-o-y growth of 7%). Slightly higher prices for apartments were  recorded: in Chambarak (Gegharkunik region) - 45 thousand AMD/1 sq.m.  (with a y-o-y growth of 10.6%), and Akhtala (Lori region) - 46  thousand AMD/1 sq.m. (with a y-o-y growth of 6.5%).  At the same  time, the number of transactions for the purchase and sale of  apartments in the regions of the country over the year decreased by  8.4%, amounting to 5,147.  Traditionally, the lion's share in the  regions fell on land transactions:  60% or 21,902 transactions, with  a y-o-y growth of 2.3%. In total, 12,713.73 hectares of land were  sold and purchased, of which 88.8% were of agricultural ones.

land transactions are followed by transactions for the purchase and  sale of private houses - 6,435 (a y-o-y increase of 12.9%), garages -  1,486 (a y-o-y increase of 60.6%), public buildings - 1,130 (a y-o-y  increase of 3.1% ), and industrial buildings - 446 (a y-o-y decline  of 0.4%).

Rental transactions in the regions of Armenia over the year increased  by 7.7% - to 5042.  In total, 219,628 real estate transactions were  completed in Armenia in 2023, which exceeded the year-ago figure by  7.2%.