Vietnam's real estate prices may continue decline in '13: expert

To help rescue the economy, the government recently lowered deposit and lending interest rates by 1 percent in a bid to provide enterprises with easier access to finance.

Ha said interest rates for property investments should be adjusted after the move.

He said he did not expect an immediate positive reactions from the market, saying that home buyers wanted low interest rates for medium and long term loans. Previously, a preferential interest rate had been provided by commercial banks to real estate companies and home buyers, but mainly for loans of between one to 12 months.

According to Truong Chi Kien, deputy director of the Him Lam Thu Do Company, focus should be placed on speeding up clearance of real estate inventories, citing experiences from Thailand during 1998.

He pointed out that home buyers in Thailand had to pay interest rate of only 0.5 percent in the first two years, which helped create demand.

The government could also provide support through tax policies to lower repayments, Kien said.

A support package of between 20-40 trillion dong (US$961 million-US$1.9 billion) was recently announced by the government to encourage enterprises and individuals to take part in housing development.

Nguyen Huu Cuong from Ha Noi Real Estate Club said that the credit package would operate efficiently only if it reached its targeted subjects, including investors and home buyers.

Meanwhile, Cuong stressed that with or without support packages, real estate enterprises themselves should lower their housing prices and even accept losses to improve the liquidity of the market.

Experts forecast a boom in low-price apartments with average prices of below 15 million per square meters (US$715) this year and next years.

This will be helped by government policies to boost social and low-income housing.

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