More than 35 thousand apartments were commissioned in Ukraine in 2022, most of them – in Kiev and the region, according to the real estate portal LUN.
According to its data, about 13.2 thousand apartments were commissioned in Kiev, 7.2 thousand – in the Kiev region. Lviv is also among the leaders – 3.8 thousand, Odessa – 2.3 thousand, Ivano-Frankivsk – 1.6 thousand apartments.
Most queues of new buildings which received a certificate of commissioning were recorded in the Kiev region (66), Kiev (40) and Lviv (32). Over ten queues are also commissioned in Ivano-Frankivsk (17), Odessa (12), Ternopil, Lutsk and Khmelnytsky (10).
At the same time, the number of objects at the start of construction in 2022 was halved: as for the third quarter, construction began on 68 thousand new apartments, according to the portal.
According to LUN, interest in buying a home has decreased by half compared to the prewar beginning of the year. Thus, in Kiev the figure is 45% of February, in Lviv – 54%, Odessa – 43%, Uzhgorod – 68%, Dnipro – 57%.
At the same time the cost of housing has increased despite the decline in demand. According to the portal, the cost per square meter in the most popular class of housing – “comfort” – in the capital increased by 37% to 37 thousand UAH, in Lviv – by 60%, to 38.3 ths. In Lviv – 60% increased up to 38.3 thousand UAH, in Uzhgorod – 57% up to 34.2 thousand UAH, in Ivano-Frankivsk – 63% up to 222 thousand UAH, in Odessa – 56% up to 35.9 thousand UAH, in Dnipro – 44% up to 33.1 thousand UAH, in Poltava – 37% up to 30 thousand UAH.
By the end of the year the cost of the cheapest one-bedroom apartment in Kiev increased by 66% since the beginning of the year and is 2.3 million UAH, 2-bedroom – “plus” 70%, 3.2 million UAH, the price of 3-bedroom increased by 76% to 4.4 million UAH.
LUN estimated that the number of new buildings available for sale in Kiev is 83% (182 new buildings by the end of the year) from the prewar beginning of the year, in Lviv – 103% (121 new buildings), in Odessa – 72% (79 objects), in Dnipro – 63% (42), Ivano-Frankovsk – 98% (70), in Khmelnytsky – 77% (56), in Ternopil – 132% (69).
“Due to the war and losses in the economy, housing has become less affordable, and the need for it – much more acute. It can already be argued that more than 1 million families in Ukraine need new housing. It is impossible to satisfy this demand with the apartments that have already been built, because so many apartments are not on sale, and that is why Ukraine is waiting for the Big Housing Construction phase. The state understands this and has plans to expand the scale of preferential mortgages, but this will still not be enough to cover the needs of IDPs, so we expect further steps from the authorities”, – summarized Denis Sudilkovsky, marketing director of LUN.
Bitcoin price collapsed by more than 60% in 2022: at the end of December, the cryptocurrency was around $16,500,000 compared to its historic high of almost $70,000 in November 2021.
Bitcoin in 2021 was supported by the inflow of capital to the markets and extremely low or zero interest rates, with Goldman Sachs experts at the time even comparing bitcoin to gold, writes Trading Economics.
Meanwhile, a jump in inflation in 2022 and tighter financial conditions triggered a collapse in the cryptocurrency market.
The sell-off intensified first as TerraUSD steiblocoin collapsed and then after the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the world’s second-largest.
Bitcoin is down 0.8 percent Friday at $16,471,000, according to CoinDesk.
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579 filling stations of the U.GO and Ukrnafta brands, which are part of Naftogaz group, have the appropriate equipment and are ready to operate in case of a blackout, the company said in a press release on Friday.
“Gas stations are represented in 20 regions of Ukraine and Kiev,” the group said.
A full list of gas stations can be found on Naftogaz Group’s Power Drive website: fill up at U.GO and Ukrnafta gas stations even in blackout conditions | Naftogaz Ukrainy (naftogaz.com).
“The enterprises of the Naftogaz group do everything possible to support Ukraine and the Ukrainians during the war. So we will be glad to see you at U.GO and Ukrnafta gas stations equipped with generators, which are ready for any possible challenges,” Oleksiy Chernyshev, chairman of the board of Naftogaz Ukraine, was quoted in the press release.
As reported, Naftogaz Oil Trading (a subsidiary of the NJSC) as of November 2022 launched 46 gas stations under the brand U.GO on the basis of assets of the arrested network Glusco, which consists of 126 gas stations
“Ukrnafta owns 85 special permits for the production of hydrocarbons. On its balance sheet there are 1,809 oil and 153 gas wells. The company owns 537 petrol stations, of which 449 were in operation at the beginning of December 2022. The controlling stake in the company belongs to Naftogaz of Ukraine, while the minority stake (about 42%) was held by Igor Kolomoysky and Hennadiy Boholyubov’s structures before the withdrawal.
NEC Ukrenergo and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development signed an agreement on a EUR70mn target grant to the company from the bank’s Special Fund provided by the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, NEC CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyy said.
As Kudritsky explained on his Facebook, the funds will be used exclusively to purchase the equipment needed to resume the reliable operation of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
“We are grateful to our international partners for such a high level of confidence in our company and strong support in the restoration of Ukraine’s energy system. We are now actively working with manufacturers around the world to deliver the necessary equipment as soon as possible,” said the head of Ukrenergo.
As earlier reported, at the beginning of December, NEC Ukrenergo noted that it had attracted EUR300 mln of credit funds from the EBRD, EUR150 mln of which would be allocated for the purchase of equipment necessary for substations that have been subject to massive Russian missile strikes.
The rest EUR150 mln of the EBRD loan will be used to replenish Ukrenergo’s working capital, in particular, to fulfill the company’s financial obligations in the electricity market amid the non-payments that arose in the market because of the war.
At the same time, there was also talk about attracting EUR72 million in grant funds from the Netherlands to restore networks and improve the financial stability of the company.
Some Ukrainian pork producers and processors plan to start exporting pork to EU next year as they study European regulations and prepare for unofficial audits on the compliance of their products with export requirements.
At the moment, four Ukrainian enterprises of the industry are interested in launching pork exports to Europe, according to the website of the Association of Ukrainian Pork Producers (ASU) on Thursday.
“We have been working with experts and the veterinary service to have “draft” questionnaires ready in advance for enterprises that want to check whether they meet the requirements of EU regulations. A number of processors interested in exporting pork have gone through these questionnaires to assess what they need to polish to prove their compliance with regulations,” the organization quotes its president Oksana Yurchenko as saying.
According to her data, the EU “has a certain understanding” that next year may be introduced certain indulgences for Ukrainian pork products, which before the full-scale Russian aggression was not even particularly discussed.
“Next year, in cooperation with international organizations, we will start informal audits to support such producers. Now there are four enterprises,” Oksana Yurchenko stressed in a statement.
According to ACU estimates, the European Union will be open to exports of Ukrainian pork for up to two years, and this is not a pessimistic scenario.
In turn, the industry is promoting the official approval of international certificates for the export of pork to Vietnam and Hong Kong, but so far it is not very relevant, because the sea routes are closed due to the aggression of Russia, and other logistics for producers financially unprofitable.
As reported, on May 11, 2022, the European Commission allowed the export of pork, beef and processed meat products produced in Ukraine to third countries via the EU.
As of February 1, 2022, the total number of pigs in Ukraine amounted to 5.56 million, a decrease of 3.4% compared to the same date in 2021. Data for the following months was not published by the State Statistics Committee due to the beginning of full-scale Russian military aggression in Ukraine.
Consumption of pork per capita in Ukraine this year will be 20 kg/year, up slightly from 19.9 kg/year in 2021. A total of 625 thousand tons of meat and meat products will be produced in the country during the year.
