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Dramatic changes in pricing strategy

February 26, 2013 | 15:28

A series of property developers in Hanoi are reducing prices to become eligible for the government safety net in case they fall.

Drastic price cuts skewing the market

November 06, 2012 | 11:04

Some real estate developers are claiming that the dramatically reduced prices offered by other developers is making the market more chaotic.

Swimming against the tide

October 22, 2012 | 16:56

Hanoi office developers are struggling to turn customers onto the advantages of long-term leasing.

Cut-priced condominiums today’s reality

September 17, 2012 | 17:07

Condominium prices Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is expected to continue falling this September.

The retail market needs to box clever

August 20, 2012 | 09:28

With decreased or free rents, retailers can decrease their products’ prices. Customers will come with them and they will come with us.

High rise spats set to be a thing of the past

July 23, 2012 | 14:45

Hanoi high-rise apartment developers are set to enjoy market rate service fees.

Office landlords struggling to woo tenants to west of Hanoi

June 25, 2012 | 12:58

West Hanoi office landlords are struggling to attract tenants due to a supply glut.

Deathbed market slowly breathing

June 11, 2012 | 10:40

Hanoi’s real estate market is starting to show some vital signs of life.

Housing speculators’ panic selling

May 22, 2012 | 15:25

Speculators and secondary investors in Hanoi are dumping apartments to cut their losses and pay back bank loans.

Falling rents mean more firms take aim at prized CBD spots

April 16, 2012 | 09:51

Firms are taking advantage of plummeting office rental rates in the southern hub to relocate.

The capital’s apartment prices slide

December 26, 2011 | 09:05

Apartment prices in Hanoi are in freefall as an unprecedented discount craze kicks in.

Market stuck at crucial intersection

December 19, 2011 | 09:10

Vietnam’s real estate market is between a rock and a hard place and nowhere is this more true than in the high-end apartment segment.

Price cutting cuts market down to size

November 06, 2011 | 21:02

“Many developers may offer more discounts as there is little love out there”

It’s proving to be a tough year for the property sector. With the government tightening monetary policies and squeezing credit lines for property trading, not to mention a jump in the interest rates of property credit to more than 20 per cent per year, can listed realty companies really hit their targets this year? Nguyen Minh Hanh, an analyst with PetroVietnam Securities Incorporated, shares her views with VIR.