Many buyers are from Maribor, Celje, Ljubljana. What Slovenians most often buy and how much they are willing to shell out for it?

A little more than 100 meters from the sea is a 106 square meter apartment with a terrace, for which the buyer will pay 640,000 euros. This is one of the most expensive in the recently opened Umag neighborhood, where they are smaller ones also available apartments.

“My wife and I came to have a look if will be what smart for the summer or let’s see, how will” a potential buyer told TV Slovenija Dušan Kamnikar from Stika. He and his wife are looking at apartments, but he was mysterious about the price: “But we’ll see that now when we look.”

Austrians, Germans and Slovenians

Besides Austrians and Germans they are Slovenians are the most frequent buyers of real estate in Istria. “Those who come from the mainland, they are mostly from Ljubljana, Celje and Maribor. They buy real estate for weekends, but also as an investment. Those from Primorje, on the other hand, buy with the intention of a long-term stay,” the estate agent explained Nenad Krnić from the Kormoran agency.

“Customers who sell their apartments in Portorož, Koper and Izola often use this money to buy a house from us. In addition they are the cost of living here is somewhat lower,” but she said Dina Jerman from the Diamond Real E agencystates.

“If we are talking approximately about the period five years ago, they are the prices were still relatively favorable. You got here across the border, in these settlements, Sailing, Chaldania, also for 1,300, 1,400 euros per square meter, respectively they are prices, especially in the last two years, comparable to Slovenia, began to rise right to lift steeply,” said Daniel Lovšin from the Nepremičnine agency Casabella.

Big price increase in the last three years

In the last three years they are prices rose by about 30 percent, but as the interlocutors say, mainly at the expense of higher construction costs. They do not expect new price increases in the coming months. Slovenian buyers they are willing to spend an average of 3,000 euros per square meter.

Most often, they choose smaller, two- or three-room apartments near the sea. Or houses in the interior of Istria. “In this case, the distance from the sea is not so important. But I dare say that such a house must have a swimming pool,” explained real estate agent Jerman.

And what convinces the buyer the most? “Location, quality, and the most important thing is the feeling of the buyer in an apartment. The price is not really decisive when buying,” answered Krnić. According to him, when concluding a deal, the answer to the question of why we are buying real estate is also crucial.