Ho Chi Minh City Housing Market: "Frozen Prices" or "Boiling Market"?

Current Market Reality: "Shocking" Numbers
In the first 6 months of 2025, Ho Chi Minh City only had 4 commercial housing projects with 3,353 high-end units, no mid-range housing, and no affordable housing Giai đoạn 2025-2030, thị trường bất động sản Việt Nam sẽ diễn biến thế nào? | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus). This is exactly the major problem that many people with small capital are facing.
Current Price Statistics:
- Central areas: 60-200 million VND/m² Giá nhà ở tại TP.HCM vượt xa các tỉnh lân cận - Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới
- Suburban areas: 30-80 million VND/m² Giá nhà ở tại TP.HCM vượt xa các tỉnh lân cận - Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới
- Primary apartment prices in HCMC: 61 million VND/m² Giá bất động sản tiếp tục tăng trong năm 2025
- Highest new apartment launch prices: 493 million VND/m²
Hearing these numbers, many people will be shocked! But this is the current market reality.
Investment Analysis: Opportunity or Trap?
Positive Signals
New supply in HCMC and surrounding areas is expected to reach over 8,000 products in 2025 TP Hồ Chí Minh: Kỳ vọng thị trường bất động sản khởi sắc hơn trong năm 2025. Apartments receive the most attention at 45%, significantly higher than townhouses at only 10% Dự báo thị trường bất động sản trong năm 2025 - Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới.
Warning Signals
Price growth in Hanoi is much faster than HCMC - 26% versus 4-8% Giá Nhà Đất TPHCM Và Hà Nội Cập Nhât Mới Nhất T5/2025 - Mogi.vn, meaning HCMC is still being more "cautious."
Advice for Small Capital: Learning from "Painful" Experience
From those tough lessons with my $1000 forex loss and 7 years of market experience, I have several suggestions:
Don't Go "All-in" on Central Townhouses
With small capital, buying central HCMC townhouses is currently almost "impossible." Houses in alleys in Phu Nhuan cost 131 million VND/m² Giá nhà TP HCM neo cao - Báo VnExpress - this figure is still too high for most people's budgets.
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