In the first half of 2018, almost a third of housing was commissioned in new buildings compared to the same period last year. This is reported by the State Statistics Committee on Tuesday, August 28.

"In January-June of 2018 in Ukraine have commissioned 3261.5 thousand. square. meters of the total area of ??residential buildings (new construction): 51.7% in single-family houses, 48.2% in houses with two or more apartments and 0.1% in dormitories, "the report says..

The total area of ??the housing commissioned in the first half of 2018, compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, decreased by 29.2%.

The volume of housing in the cities was 2070.1 thousand. square. meters, or 63.5% of the total, in rural areas - 1191.4 thousand. square. meters (36.5%).

Also for the first six months, the summer and garden houses of new construction with a total area of ??195,2 thousand. square. meters, which is 7.4% more compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

"In general, in January-June 2018, residential buildings of new construction (in particular, summer and garden houses) put into operation amounted to 3,456.7 thousand. square. meters, which is 27.

8% less compared to January-June 2017, "the State Statistics Committee.

Recall, in Ukraine began to increase in price of real estate. For the first six months of 2018, prices in the primary market grew by 3.2-7%, and on the secondary market - by 1.2-5.6%, depending on the apartments. In the secondary market, prices rose by 3.5%. It was also reported that in Ukraine they want to take the rental housing market out of the shadows.

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