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Bigbank predicts an increase in the average size of housing loans.

In March, the number of applications for housing loans at Bigbank increased by 10% compared to February and by 60% compared to March of last year. According to the head of Bigbank Estonia, Jonna Pekhter, the market activity is driven by the reduction in credit margins initiated by banks in January. “However, the number of…

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6-month Euribor breaks 2.9%

The six-month European Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor), to which most home loans in Estonia are pegged, has risen above 2.9%. The Euribor rate, which has remained negative since November 2015, hit zero in June 2022 and has been rising rapidly ever since. At the end of August, Euribor had already overcome the 1% mark, and…

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What’s going on with rental property prices?

According to statistics, compared to last year, the average cost of renting an apartment in Estonia has increased by about 20%. The biggest changes are seen in Tallinn and Tartu, where housing seekers have to count on price increases of up to 50%. If last year an average apartment was rented out for 499 euros,…

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The Ministry of Community Development plans to resolve the issue with long-term construction

The Minister for Community Development promises to take an inventory of all problematic new buildings in the country. As it became known to the portal Domik.ua, the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories (the former Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing, renamed Cabinet Decision No. 829) initiated the development of a bill that…

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Analyst: optimism returns to the real estate market

According to Arco Vara analyst Mihkel Eliste, the situation on the real estate market inspires some optimism. In the first quarter, the number of transactions in both Tallinn and Tartu and Pärnu decreased compared to the same period last year. In March of this year, 1979 purchase and sale transactions were completed on the apartment…

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