Danang property market continues to attract buyers

CBRE’s quarter report for Danang noted that more than 2,800 condotel units were put on sale in Quarter 3, bringing the total supply to nearly 6,000 units in 2016, with 67% in the high-end category.

As of the end of the third quarter, 70% of high-end condotel units have been sold while the figure in the mid-end segment is 30%, down 4.2 percentage points and 67.9 percentage points, respectively. 

Marc Townsend, Managing Director of CBRE Vietnam, said one reason behind the sales slowdown was greater choice for customers, making them more cautious. 

The resort villa market did not change much in the past quarter and supply is limited because there are few new projects. 80% of resort houses have been sold but no major supply will come on the market in the next quarter. 

The number of apartments sold in the quarter dropped by 34% from the previous quarter and 47% from one year ago, with 85% of the sold units belonging to the mid-end segment. 

According to the Danang Tourism Department, the city welcomed 4.41 million tourists in the first nine months of this year, of which international tourists accounted for 29%, an increase of 48% from 2015. 

With the positive tourism prospects, condotel will maintain stable growth and remain attractive, CBRE said. 

Meanwhile, the apartment market saw a 34% drop in sales from Quarter 2, the company reported, adding that 85% of the sold units were in the mid-end range, and buyers were mostly local residents. 

Townsend remarked that the market faced fierce competition from condotel, which attracted investors from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.