In June 2026, the National Bank of Ukraine imposed sanctions on “I Lombard” LLC for violations of financial monitoring and foreign exchange laws, the regulator announced on July 7. The total amount of the fines was 4.196 million UAH.
The company received the main fine—4.096 million UAH—for improper organization and conduct of initial financial monitoring.
According to the NBU, the violations concerned the development and implementation of internal documents, customer verification, the application of a risk-based approach, additional measures regarding politically exposed persons, as well as the provision of information and documents upon request by the National Bank.
“I Lombard” was fined an additional 100,000 UAH for violating the procedures for conducting currency exchange transactions. In particular, the NBU noted the absence in internal documents of procedures for coordination between separate divisions when conducting currency exchange transactions, as well as the failure to collect remaining foreign currency balances from the cash register of a structural division.
In addition, the company received written warnings for improper maintenance of customer records and for conducting foreign exchange transactions with non-resident individuals involving the granting and repayment of loans, as well as the payment of interest in hryvnia, without the appropriate license from the NBU.
“I Lombard” LLC is a non-bank financial institution registered in Ukraine. The NBU included the company in the State Register of Financial Institutions and issued it a license to provide financial services in October 2023.
In June 2026, the National Bank of Ukraine fined JSC “PUMB” 10 million hryvnia for violating financial monitoring regulations, the regulator announced on July 7.
According to the NBU, the violations involved inadequate verification of new and existing customers, as well as a failure to apply enhanced due diligence measures to customers with high-risk business relationships.
The regulator also pointed out the bank’s improper application of a risk-based approach. In particular, the NBU noted that the bank failed to identify a high level of risk in business relationships with clients whose ultimate beneficial owners are citizens of a state engaged in armed aggression against Ukraine.
Furthermore, according to the NBU, the bank failed to promptly notify the specially authorized body of threshold financial transactions and violated requirements regarding the termination of business relationships with clients who did not provide documents or information necessary for proper verification.
In addition to the fine, PUMB received a written warning for deficiencies in its internal financial monitoring documents. The NBU noted that these documents lacked procedures sufficient for effective risk management and for preventing the use of banking services for money laundering, terrorist financing, or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
FUIB—First Ukrainian International Bank—is one of the largest private banks with Ukrainian capital. The bank has been operating since 1991 and provides services to private clients, entrepreneurs, and businesses. FUIB is classified as a systemically important bank by the NBU and serves approximately 147,000 corporate clients and 1.9 million retail clients.
According to Experts.news, the gap between what buyers most often want to purchase and what sellers are offering is widening in the Ukrainian housing market, as noted in the NBU’s June Financial Stability Report.
According to the regulator, the average size of a purchased apartment remains at 48 square meters, and that of a house at about 70 square meters. At the same time, the supply continues to be dominated by more spacious apartments: their average size exceeds 65 square meters.
The discrepancy is also evident in the age of the properties. Buyers more often choose older and, consequently, more affordable apartments. In Kyiv, the median age of purchased apartments has risen to 33 years, and in the western regions, to 39 years. In real estate listings, by contrast, nearly two-thirds of apartments are offered in buildings constructed less than 15 years ago.
The NBU notes that such discrepancies between supply and demand are holding back market activity. Buyers are more interested in smaller and cheaper housing, while sellers and developers more often offer newer and more spacious properties.
This trend is also significant for developers. In the western regions and the suburbs of Kyiv, budget-friendly projects are more common, while business-class projects predominate in the capital. However, demand during wartime indicates that the average buyer is more often looking for a compact and more affordable option.
In the second half of 2025, residential construction picked up: in most regions, the planned floor area of apartment buildings where construction had begun increased significantly. Across Ukraine as a whole, this figure rose by one and a half times over the year, and in Kyiv—by more than double.
However, the NBU notes that developers continue to finance the completion of existing complexes and new projects largely with their own funds. Banks are reluctant to lend to the construction sector due to high risks.
The main takeaway for the market: further recovery in sales will depend not only on household income but also on how closely supply aligns with actual demand—in terms of square footage, price, age of the property, and level of risk for the buyer.
According to Experts.new, following a period of relative calm, housing prices in Ukraine have begun to rise again, as stated in the National Bank of Ukraine’s June Financial Stability Report.
According to the NBU, housing prices have risen over the past six months. In the primary market, advertised prices increased roughly in proportion to the hryvnia’s devaluation, as real estate prices in Ukraine are traditionally quoted in U.S. dollars. In the secondary market, the increase was faster—5–10 percentage points higher than the devaluation.
An additional factor was the sharp rise in the cost of construction due to a surge in fuel prices. This intensified upward pressure on prices for new construction and limited developers’ ability to keep prices at previous levels.
At the same time, the NBU notes that housing prices remain historically low relative to household incomes. In the first quarter of 2026, the housing price-to-income ratio stood at 8.7x for the primary market and 8.6x for the secondary market.
The situation is different in the rental market. Due to winter attacks on energy infrastructure and the associated risks, the growth in rental rates has slowed. In Kyiv, the south, and the center of the country, rental costs have remained virtually unchanged since last fall. Price increases continued mainly in the western regions.
The price-to-rent ratio for secondary housing rose slightly in the first quarter to 10.4x, but still did not exceed the long-term average.
For buyers, this means that housing remains relatively affordable by historical standards, but uncertainty, security concerns, and the state of the energy infrastructure continue to limit demand. For investors, the situation is less clear-cut: rising purchase prices coupled with nearly stable rents reduce the short-term appeal of buying housing for rental purposes, especially in Kyiv and the central regions.
In the medium term, market dynamics will depend on the hryvnia exchange rate, the cost of construction, security, the state of the energy sector, and the resumption of mortgage lending.
HOUSING, NBU, PRICE, REAL ESTATE, rent
Количество сделок купли-продажи на рынке жилья в январе–марте 2026 года существенно снизилось по сравнению с предыдущим кварталом, спрос остается волатильным, говорится в отчете о финансовой стабильности Национального банка Украины (НБУ) за июнь 2026 года.
«Спрос на рынке жилья в течение последних шести месяцев был волатильным. В четвёртом квартале прошлого года было заключено наибольшее количество сделок купли-продажи с 2022 года, а вот в первом квартале 2026 года их количество существенно сократилось. В совокупности за последние четыре квартала количество сделок выросло на 11% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года», — сообщил НБУ.
По его данным, в первом квартале 2026 года было заключено около 70 тыс. договоров купли-продажи на рынке жилья против 71,5 тыс. договоров за аналогичный период прошлого года. Из них налогооблагаемых договоров – около 40 тыс. против 45,8 тыс. в первом квартале прошлого года.
Почти половина всех сделок с октября 2025 года по март 2026 года заключена в Киеве, Киевской, Днепропетровской, Харьковской и Львовской областях, отмечается в документе. Покупатели отдают предпочтение квартирам в городах. Средняя площадь приобретенной квартиры остается на уровне 48 кв. м, дома — 70 кв. м.
Впрочем, в структуре предложения по-прежнему преобладают более просторные квартиры — средняя площадь свыше 65 кв. м. Кроме того, расхождения между спросом и предложением наблюдаются и в разрезе возраста жилья. Так, в объявлениях преобладает более новое жилье – почти две трети квартир предлагаются в зданиях, построенных менее 15 лет назад, тогда как медианный возраст приобретенной в Киеве квартиры вырос до 33 лет, в западных регионах – до 39 лет.
Несоответствие характеристик спроса и предложения продолжает сдерживать активность на рынке, считает регулятор. Также на спрос продолжают влиять существенные перебои в поставках электроэнергии и тепла, вызванные российским террором, и подорожание недвижимости из-за ослабления гривны по отношению к доллару. Инвестиционный спрос на жилье в большинстве регионов остается неизменно слабым из-за высоких рисков для безопасности.
После относительного затишья цены на жилье снова растут, отмечается в отчете. На рост повлияли как ослабление гривны по отношению к доллару, так и резкое повышение себестоимости строительства вследствие скачка цен на топливо. По данным НБУ, стоимость жилья по объявлениям на первичном рынке за полгода выросла соразмерно девальвации, тогда как на вторичном — на 5–10 процентных пунктов быстрее. Динамика средних цен в объявлениях и фактических сделках схожа, прирост цен между регионами практически не различается.
Как отмечает регулятор, цены на жилье остаются исторически низкими по отношению к доходам домохозяйств — для первичного жилья показатель соотношения в первом квартале составил 8,7х, для вторичного — 8,6х.
Кроме того, Нацбанк сравнил обновленные индексы цен на жилую недвижимость с динамикой цен фактических сделок по приобретению жилья. По его данным, индексы на основе сделок были более волатильными, но расхождение между показателями несущественно.
Из-за зимних обстрелов энергоинфраструктуры рост цен на рынке аренды жилья замедлился. В Киеве, на юге и в центре страны стоимость аренды практически не изменилась с прошлой осени, только в западных областях продолжалось подорожание аренды. Соотношение цены на вторичное жилье и аренды в первом квартале несколько повысилось и составило 10,4х, однако все еще не превысило долгосрочный средний показатель, отмечается в отчете.
NBU, ЖИЛЬЕ, НЕДВИЖИМОСТЬ, СДЕЛКА, СПРОС
The private insurance market collected nearly 1 billion UAH in premiums for products covering war risks in January–March 2026, said Serhiy Nikolaychuk, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), at a press briefing on Monday dedicated to the presentation of the Financial Stability Report.
He emphasized that most of these premiums were for comprehensive auto insurance (CASCO), but there are also offerings for businesses, and the government has already launched a mechanism to compensate for losses in high-risk areas and to reimburse insurance premiums in other areas.
As noted in the Report, citing data from the National Association of Insurers of Ukraine, in the first quarter of 2026, premiums collected under risk insurance policies covering war risks accounted for 11% of all risk insurance premiums collected, exceeding the total for the entire previous year.
“Previously, we talked a lot about how to create a war risk insurance system almost from scratch. Now, in fact, we are talking about scaling up existing areas and projects, and in this report—and in general—we are highlighting that the range of war insurance products is constantly expanding,” explained the first chairman of the NBU.
According to him, the NBU sees significant potential in the further development of and increased cooperation with international reinsurers, as well as with international financial institutions operating in this market.
