Deloitte develop index 7-8 2016

6.10.2016

In July and August, the average proposed prices for new vacant apartments in Prague recorded a slight increase to CZK 75,650 per m2. In late August, the number of vacant apartments for sale in Prague was 4,715, which is 2,134 less than last year. As in the previous period, prices for which apartments were sold were highest in Prague 2 (CZK 139,200 per m2) and lowest in Prague 9 (CZK 58,600 per m2). Overall, there was less activity on the development market in summer; however, prices in Prague reported a 12% year-on-year increase nonetheless.

“The average proposed price for vacant apartments in Prague development projects recorded a year-on-year increase of more than 12%. Compared to the 2014 average, it was an increase of more than 16%,” said Miroslav Linhart, Director at Deloitte’s real estate department.



The price development concerning newly constructed apartments in Prague was particularly affected by two factors over the summer. As in the past two years, there was less activity on the market in new apartments. There were also more new projects that can be categorised as “cheap”. Owing to this combination, the average price for the Prague apartments on offer remained almost unchanged over the summer.

“The summer mood manifested itself in the number of sold apartments, which was 30% less than in the previous two months, as well as in the number of new apartments, of which there was also a third less put to the market than in May and June. The number of new development projects on Prague’s residential market thus continues to decline,” adds Milan Roček, a statutory executive of the CenovaMapa.org (or “Price Map”) portal.

While Prague saw the addition of 1,000 apartments in 18 projects last July and August, this year it was only 714 apartments in 13 projects over the same period. ”In the same period, pricelists of development companies also recorded changes in the layout of apartments which are on sale, yet momentarily unsellable. In certain projects, larger and more expensive apartments were divided into smaller ones,” says Petr Hána, a manager at Deloitte’s real estate department.

During the monitored period, development companies saw a total of 965 apartments removed from their offerings, most of them of Central Group (162 units), Finep (79) and Vivus (63). The average proposed price of apartments sold in Prague development projects (labelled in the pricelist as “sold”) amounted to CZK 67,800 per m2 in July and August.

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