Foreigners Actively Buying Real Estate in Batumi
September 9, 2016
TBILISI(BPI)- Demand and prices for real estate in the regions continue to decline, the only exception is a seaside Batumi, where construction business is actively developing mostly at the expense of foreigners – the newspaper “Rezonansi” writes.
Real estate agencies argue that almost half of apartments in Batumi are sold to foreigners, but prices still fell by 10-15% With regard to secondary apartments and homes – the demand for them is virtually nonexistent.
Apartments in Batumi are bought mainly for commercial purposes. According to the Director of “Hotels.ge” Giorgi Komakhidze, apartments in Batumi are mainly bought by the citizens of post-Soviet countries – Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, and in recent years more and more – Moldovans.
“They buy an apartment in order to rent it out in the holiday period. Batumi is attractive thanks to its tourism potential. Both Georgian and foreign nationals buy apartments in new buildings while demand for the Soviet real estate is is virtually nonexistent, “- he says.
The prices for secondary housing declined significantly, but this has not led to an increase in sales in this market segment.
Real estate analysts say that in the regions construction business is virtually non-existent, as it is very difficult to sell the apartments there.
In the words of the expert Mzia Tolordava, now the situation in the regions is the same as 2-3 years ago – the prices are falling but there are still no buyers.
“Except for a few resort areas the construction business in the regions is not virtually developing. There is very little demand in the seaside village of Anaklia, and Adjara in this case is treated as a separate segment, which is the leader in sales of real estate, “- she says.
“There is very little demand in the seaside village of Anaklia, Adjara in this case is treated as a separate segment, which is the leader in sales of real estate, “- Tolordava notes.
According to her, in areas very few people are interested in the construction sector, but at the same time there is a demand for agricultural land.
Real estate in the regions is offered from time to time in social networks as well but to find the real buyers is very difficult.
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