The number of housing purchase and sale transactions increased by 17.4%

The number of housing purchase and sale transactions increased by 17.4%

In August 2022 the number of registered housing purchase and sale transactions amounted to 35,686 and compared to July 2022. (30,393) increased by 17.4%. By the number of transactions in July, the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty are leading, with 6392 and 6,389 transactions, respectively. Least of all transactions were conducted in the Ulytau region - 412.

Compared to July 2022, in August, an increase in the number of housing purchase and sale transactions was observed in 12 regions. The largest growth was shown by the city of Nur-Sultan (45.6%), Almaty (30%), Shymkent city (29.6%) and Atyrau region (22.6%). The largest decline over the month occurred in East Kazakhstan (-37.5%) and Almaty (-25%) regions, due to the division of regions. At the same time, in the Karaganda region, the decrease in transactions amounted to only -5.7%, which is explained by the leading position of the region in terms of the number of transactions.

74.3% of transactions were made for apartments in multi-apartment buildings, the share of individual houses in sale took the remaining 25.7%. For the first time since the beginning of the year, transactions for one-room apartments exceeded the demand for two-room apartments; in August, 9879 of them were completed. Most transactions for 1-room apartments were concluded in Nur-Sultan (2888) and Almaty (2687).

For individual houses, compared to July 2022, the decline in the number of transactions in East Kazakhstan region (-46.6%), Almaty (-24.6%) and Aktobe regions -2.4% continues. On the contrary, the growth of transactions for individual houses was registered in the years. Nur-Sultan and Almaty, (+25.3%) and (+31.7%) respectively

Housing purchase and sale transactions *

                                                                                                                            in percentage, increase +, decrease –

 

Number of purchase-sale transactions for August

Of them

August 2022 to the

January- August 2022 to January- August 2021

Individual house

Apartments in apartment buildings

Of them

1-room

2-room

3-room

4-room

5-room

6-room and more

July 2022

August 2021

Republic of Kazakhstan

35 686

9178

26 508

9 879

9 822

5 529

1 117

133

28

17,4

-23,2

-11,6

Akmola

805

349

456

150

186

87

29

4

-

-

-

 

Aktobe

1 581

585

996

330

398

227

39

1

1

11,7

-19,2

2,8

Almaty

1 701

404

1 297

427

539

266

59

4

2

4,7

-35,7

-19,7

Atyrau

1 595

1041

554

255

190

100

9

-

-

-25,0

-49,8

0,3

West Kazakhstan

1 163

387

776

211

350

177

33

5

-

22,6

-41,5

-35,6

Jambyl

1 115

365

750

250

275

202

22

-

1

2,4

-22,1

-17,0

Karaganda

1 062

524

538

148

224

133

32

1

-

5,8

-34,4

-4,3

Kostanay

726

460

266

82

97

70

16

1

-

-

-

 

Kyzylorda

3280

607

2 673

634

1 182

684

158

13

2

-5,7

-38,4

6,7

Mangystau

1193

395

798

274

326

162

31

5

-

-1,0

-41,4

3,0

Pavlodar

893

541

352

52

156

114

28

2

-

14,0

-32,5

-29,3

North Kazakhstan

1746

488

1 258

397

452

275

95

32

7

5,9

-46,7

-42,1

Turkistan

853

227

626

233

229

141

19

4

-

-6,0

-48,9

-6,6

East Kazakhstan

654

344

310

132

107

61

9

1

-

5,7

-33,5

-6,9

Nur-Sultan city

1458

825

633

135

194

290

12

2

-

12,6

-12,9

7,7

Almaty city

412

84

328

61

178

70

18

1

-

-

-

 

Shymkent city

1068

339

729

238

298

161

29

3

-

-37,5

-62,0

-10,8

 

*Information prepared on the basis of data of the Ministry of justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan and «State-owned corporation «Government for citizens» NJSC as of September  6. 2022