03/10 11:00 Ukrainian Real Estate Market: questions and answers the autumn brought. Forum with EBA informational support - EBA Kharkiv Branch

was held at the conference hall of Kharkiv Hotel. Independent experts discussed situation the Ukrainian real estate market; they tried to answer the questions whether economic collapse possible in Ukraine, what is the world financial crisis impact on real-estate loans, etc.
 
Mr Yevgen Grebenuk, Analyst of Troyka Dialog Ukraine Investment Company, mentioned that in Ukraine mortgage loans constituted 9 % of the total credit volume, which is less than in the Baltic countries or Kazakhstan. Mortgage loan crisis is a last-year topic. Current issues for discussion are increase of value of money, debt and joint-stock capital.

The analysts stressed that prices per square meter of residential construction in Ukraine are lower than in Latvia and Kazakhstan (USD 1029, USD 1762, USD 2100 respectively) and will increase in the future as a result of rise of prices of construction materials, energy, fewer mortgage loans, etc. The attendees agreed that the situation on the real estate market is complicated but the market would not collapse.

The event was organized by the EBA member company Avantazh.