Despite the downturn, there are regional hotspots — and dachas.

Despite the downturn, there are regional hotspots — and dachas. So far this year, the two big building areas are: Kherson city, where commissioning of new apartments and single family homes is up 2.4 times – to 36,700 square meters; and Kharkiv region, where construction is up 1.6 times – to 202,000 square meters. Through June, the commissioning of dachas – officially ‘summer and garden houses of new construction’ was up 7%, to 195,200 square meters. This year, the government cut some red tape for building a dacha on land owned by the builder.