Consumer Loans Rise to Over US$33bn as of H1, Construction & Property Attributed 31%

As of H1of 2021, consumer loans in the banking sector have increased to over US$33.9 billion, 31% which were attributed to the construction and property sectors, according to the recent report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). Among all the personal home loans, construction, and real estate activities accounted for 13.1%, 9.5%, and 8.4%, […]

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Over 360k Loan Accounts Worth US$5.5bn Restructured as of H1, Construction Sector Attributed 15%

From 2020 to H1 2021, banking and financial institutions have restructured a total of 367,239 loan accounts or equivalent to over US$5.5 billion in value, 15% of which were assigned to the construction sector. According to a report from the National Bank of Cambodia, there were a total of 32,636 restructured loan accounts in the […]

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CBRE: Property Market Still Facing High Degree of Uncertainty Despite Vaccine Roll-Out

The real estate market in Cambodia remains under pressure and is still facing a high degree of uncertainty despite the very impressive vaccine roll-out by the government, with experts not expecting to see a recovery this year. According to the CBRE Cambodia 2021 Mid-Year Review Webinar yesterday, all four main sectors of the property market […]

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How Developers are Offloading their Stuck Residential Inventory in this Challenging Time

COVID-19 has impacted the residential market broadly with no significant improvements during the first quarter of 2021. There were almost no new condominium units launched for the first three months of this year, and most of the major developers are rushing to revamp their strategies, focused on making quick revenue in order to manage and […]

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Evolutions of Retail Sector as Cambodia is increasingly digitally connected

Cambodia has reached over 20 million mobile phone subscribers by the Year 2020, most of which used smartphones. As Cambodia’s digital infrastructure continues to improve, this will release the untapped potentials in the ‘mobile internet-users market. The growing number of mobile phone subscribers using smartphones can eventually be translated directly into the markets of advertising […]

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CVEA Intends to Standardise & Systemise Sales Agents Nationwide

Senior members of the Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) are considering opening a university to train all real estate agents nationwide and also planning to integrate all agents into a single management system. The proposal was made after the association discovered that the majority of investors do not trust Cambodia’s sales agents due […]

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Local Experts Share Two Key Strategies for Sustainable Real Estate Market Development

Real estate experts have suggested that for long-term and sustainable development of the real estate market, all related firms should not only focus on improving the quality of their own sales agents but also consider educating their customers. Chairman of the Board of Directors of CVEA and CEO of Realtor 168 Co., Ltd Lim Socheat […]

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Future of Divided Land Plot Business in Cambodia: Is the Buyer the Victim?

A 32-year-old factory worker and also a divided land plot buyer who prefers to be called Da told Construction & Property News that she decided to buy a 5x20m plot of land along NR5 near Oudong because the price was low plus there was an affordable instalment program. She hopes one day she might make […]

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Construction & Real Estate Sectors Growth Conditional on How Gov’t Contains COVID Outbreak: NBC

Due to the 20 February COVID-19 community outbreak, the growth projection of the construction and real estate sectors remain highly conditional on how the government contains the outbreak and how global and regional economic activities will rebound in the second half of 2021, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). NBC’s Financial Stability Review […]

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FDI Inflow for Construction & Real Estate Sectors in 2020 Decreases by 10.6%: NBC

Total FDI inflows, mainly to the financial, construction, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, were recorded at US$3.5 billion in 2020, a 1% decline. Among them, FDI to the construction and real estate sectors, which accounts for 17% share of the total FDI, decreased by 10.6%, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Financial Stability […]

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