The real estate market is expected to heat up in the remainder of the year, thanks to the bright economic outlook, the Government’s push for major infrastructure projects, and high demands for housing.

This is a key change in the revised Law on Insurance Business, which is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2023.

Professor Dang Hung Vo speaks with The Hanoi Times about the Ministry of Construction's recent proposal to limit the leasehold term for apartment owners to 50 to 70 years. The proposal, he says, is not new since it was included in the draft Housing Law in 2014 but rejected by the National Assembly (NA).

Total outstanding loans from banks in the real estate market were estimated at over VND2,280 trillion (US$98.32 billion), up 10.19% against late 2021.

Industrial and leisure properties are expected to keep drawing investors this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for swift actions against any irregularity in the stock and corporate bond market.

Tan Hoang Minh said it would refund the capital to investors, in case the bond issuance sessions are canceled upon request from the authorities.

Not only there is an imbalance in the structure of property supplies in the market, but the number of new projects has also been on the decline in the past three years.

A series of financial support measures in the economic stimulus package would help the real estate and construction activities recover.