The housing price index in Ukraine reached 112.8% at the end of 2025, compared to 112.7% in 2024 and 114.5% in 2023, according to the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
According to its data, housing prices in the primary market rose by 14.3% in 2025, with growth slowing compared to 2024, when the figure was 15%. At the same time, one-room apartments rose in price by 14.6%, two-room apartments by 14.1%, and three-room apartments by 13.2%.
At the same time, housing prices in the secondary market rose last year after falling in 2024. Thus, the secondary market rose by an average of 12%, which is 0.4 percentage points (p.p.) higher than in 2024. One-room apartments on the secondary market rose in price by 12.7%, two-room apartments by 12.1%, and three-room apartments by 11.8%.
According to the agency, in the fourth quarter of 2025, the housing price index was 113.2%, which is almost equal to the figure for the fourth quarter of 2024 (113.1%). In particular, in October-December 2025, prices in the primary market rose by 13.1% compared to 15.8% in October-December 2024, while in the secondary market, the rate of price growth accelerated: the indicator was 13.3% compared to 11.9%, respectively.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to the third quarter, the housing price index rose by 4.4 percentage points to 104.7%. In particular, housing prices in the primary market rose by an average of 4.3%: one-room apartments by 4.8%, two-room apartments by 4.2%, and three-room apartments by 3.7%.
In the secondary market, housing prices rose by 5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 0.3% in the third quarter. One-room apartments rose in price by 5.6%, two- and three-room apartments by 5% and 4.5%, respectively.
The mining and metallurgical group Metinvest has spent UAH 10.1 billion to support the state and its citizens during four years of full-scale war, of which UAH 7.3 billion went to the army as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative.
According to the company’s press release on Tuesday, it has mastered the production of protective metal screens and shields for military equipment such as Abrams, Bradley, T-64, T-72, and MT-LB, manufacturing 309 units of such products.
In addition, Metinvest has established the production of anti-mine trawls, which are installed on tanks, and has delivered 31 such structures to the front.
Metinvest is working with the military to create lines of defense. More than 200 km of fortifications have been built in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, according to the release.
According to the release, the company provides the army with reconnaissance, surveillance, communications, and power supply equipment. In particular, the military received more than 8,337 reconnaissance drones, 2,088 thermal imagers and high-precision surveillance optics units, 765 backup power systems, 875 communication equipment units, 795 vehicles, including ambulances, and 1.55 million liters of fuel to refuel them.
In 2025, one of the largest batches of drones, worth UAH 214 million, was received by the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov.” In total, Metinvest provided UAH 600 million in aid to Azov last year. It also donated 31,655 first aid kits and tourniquets to the army and allocated nearly UAH 26 million to the development of tactical medicine in Ukraine in cooperation with the PULSE charitable foundation.
As reported, Metinvest has allocated UAH 9.72 billion to support the state and its citizens during the three years of war, of which UAH 5.2 billion was allocated to the army’s needs as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative.
In total, SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, Azovstal Heart, and Shakhtar Football Club have allocated more than UAH 13.5 billion to help the country, the army, and civilians during four years of war, as reported yesterday. They reported UAH 11.3 billion for the first three years, UAH 7.6 billion for the first two years, and UAH 5 billion for the first year of full-scale war.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical enterprises. Its enterprises are located in Ukraine – in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions – as well as in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The main shareholders of the holding are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
The number of foreigners with a valid residence permit in Slovakia as of June 30, 2025, was 342,048, which is 14,676 more than a year earlier (+4.5%).
According to data from the Border and Foreign Police Department (UHCP) of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, 287,014 of this number were third-country nationals and 55,034 were EU citizens.
Ukrainian citizens remain the largest group of foreigners in the country, with 201,116 people (about 59% of the total number of foreigners with valid residence permits).
The largest diasporas also include citizens of Serbia (16,240), the Czech Republic (12,441), Vietnam (11,179), Hungary (9,759), Russia (8,850), Romania (6,411), Poland (5,994), India (5,732), and Georgia (4,676).
According to annual statistics from the Ukrainian Flour Millers Union and data from the Experts Club analytical center, in 2025 Ukraine exported 64.9 thousand tons of wheat flour to 25 countries worth $22.62 million. The average export price was about $348 per ton.
Exports remained highly concentrated: the five largest destinations accounted for almost 80% of the volume. The key markets were Moldova (19.4 thousand tons, about 30% of total exports), the Czech Republic (13.7 thousand tons, 21%), the Palestinian Territory (9.8 thousand tons, 15%), Spain (4.5 thousand tons), and Israel (4.2 thousand tons). Next in terms of volume were France (1.9 thousand tons), Poland (1.6 thousand tons), Sweden (1.6 thousand tons), Germany (1.4 thousand tons), and the United Kingdom (1.1 thousand tons).
The European segment stands out separately: deliveries to EU countries in 2025 amounted to 28.5 thousand tons (about 44% of the total volume) worth $10.74 million (47%). At the same time, the average export price to the EU was significantly higher – about $377 per tonne compared to $326 per tonne for non-European destinations.
The price range by destination was significant – from approximately $286 per tonne (Palestinian territories) to $538 per tonne (Georgia, small batches). Among the large markets, the highest price was recorded for deliveries to Poland – about $481 per ton, which may reflect higher requirements for specifications, packaging, and logistics.
The industry emphasizes that access to the European market and predictable trade rules are becoming key to export and investment planning, according to Rodion Rybchinsky, head of the Ukrainian Millers Union, commenting on the EU’s separate tariff quota for Ukrainian flour and investments by export-oriented enterprises in modernization.
The UAE has simplified the process of obtaining a “golden visa” for real estate investors: the key criterion remains the cost of the property from 2 million dirhams, while in Dubai it is possible to apply on the basis of a mortgage purchase if there is a letter from the bank and confirmation of payments, according to the description of the Dubai Land Department (DLD) service for applying for a 10-year investor residence visa.
According to the DLD’s terms and conditions, the applicant must own a property (or several properties) with a total value of at least AED 2 million, and the property may be mortgaged – a letter from the bank stating that there are no objections is required, as well as an indication of the amount paid and the outstanding balance.
The changes came into effect on February 20, 2026, and expand the pool of applicants to include buyers using mortgages and installment plans, as well as buyers of off-plan properties.
