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100 thousand for ‘Khrushchev’: 10 years since the apartment price boom

On July 1, 2007, the price of standard-type apartments in Riga reached an all-time high – 1,620 euros per square meter. For comparison, in May of this year the price was 54% lower. Unlike during the boom, buyers and banks are now much more cautious, but experts do not rule out that such a bubble and the ensuing crisis in the real estate market may re-emerge.

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“The mistakes will be repeated, maybe in other segments, in a different way, but the mistakes will be, it is human,” Edgars Šīns, the head of Latio, evaluates for the Delfi portal.

So far, the rise in apartment prices has been very moderate in all the years since the crisis, but last year and in the first half of this year, prices have risen faster, which experts are concerned about too rapid a rise. At the same time, the current attitude of banks and consumers suggests that there is no concern about the market “bubble” in the next three years, say real estate companies “Arco Real Estate“Member of the Board Maris Laukalējs.

The portal “Delfi” examines what has changed in the market during these 10 years, what people were willing to pay for in 2007, and what apartments are in most demand now.

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