CBI’s Monthly Review of Tehran Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: A total of 8,463 homes were sold in Tehran during the sixth month of the current fiscal year (Aug. 22-Sept. 21), registering a 6.8% decline compared with the preceding month.

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30 September 2020

The number saw a year-on-year growth of 203.7% compared with the 2,787 deals in the corresponding month of last year.

New data published by the Central Bank of Iran on its website also indicate that the average price of each square meter of a residential property in Tehran stood at 242.88 million rials ($832) during the month under review, showing a surge of 91.7% over last year’s same month, as average prices reached 126.67 million rials ($434).

Home prices in the capital city increased by 5.1% compared to 231.07 million rials ($792) in the fifth month of the current year.

Property Deals in Detail

The CBI data also show that during the month ending Sept. 21, newly-built residential properties up to five years old constituted the highest proportion of deals with 38% (or 3,216 deals), down by 2.8 percentage points compared with the same month of last year.

The lost share was added to homes above 11 years. Homes with a lifespan of 11 to 15 years, 16 to 20 years and above 20 years accounted for 13.6%, 17.4% and 12.7% of total deals compared with the same month of last year’s 12.7%, 15.9% and 10.9%, respectively.

The share of deals involving homes that were six to 10 years old decreased from 19.7% of the total deals of last year’s same month to 18.3% this year.

The distribution of dealt properties shows that among Tehran's 22 districts, District 5 grabbed the highest share of total deals at 15.4%. It was followed by districts 10 and two with a share of 9.5% and 9%, respectively.

All-in-all, 10 districts (five, 10, two, four, 14, eight, seven, 15, one and 11) grabbed the lion's share of the deals at 72.8% with the remaining 12 districts holding a 27.2% share.

Among Tehran's 22 districts, District 1 registered the highest average home price of 507.9 million rials ($1,741) per square meter. District 18 offered the capital city's cheapest homes with an average per-square meter price of 104.1 million rials ($357). The aforesaid numbers show a respective increase of 102.8% and 81.5% YOY.

Residential units, with an average price range of 120 million rials ($411) to 140 million rials ($479) per square meter, were the most popular in Tehran during the Iranian month under review, as they grabbed an 8.9% share of all deals. They were followed by units priced at 140 million rials to 160 million rials ($548) per square meter with a share of 8.1% and homes priced at 160 million rials to 180 million rials ($617) per square meter with a share of 7.5%.

From the total number of deals, 57.7% belonged to homes cheaper than the average per-square meter price of the city (i.e., 242.88 million rials or $832).

Residential units with a floor area of 50-60 square meters registered the highest number of sales with a 15.3% share of total deals.

Units with an area of 60-70 square meters and 70-80 square meters came second and third with a share of 14.4% and 11.7%, respectively.

All-in-all, residential properties with an area of less than 80 square meters had a 55.2% share of total deals.

CBI data further show that Tehran’s homes worth between 6 billion rials ($20,569) and 8.5 billion rials ($29,139) were the most popular with a 13.8% share of total deals. These were followed by homes with a price tag of between 8.5 billion rials and 11 billion rials ($37,709) and those priced between 3.5 billion rials ($11,998) and 6 billion rials with a respective share of 10.6% and 8.4% of total deals.

Collectively, homes valued under 16 billion rials ($54,850) had a 50% share of total home deals in Tehran during the sixth month of the current year.

Six-Month Perspective and Urban Tenancy

During the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), the number of home deals finalized in Tehran totaled 54,921, which shows a 69.5% year-on-year rise.

In the same period, the average price of each square meter of a home in the capital stood at 199.2 million rials ($682), registering a YOY surge of 56.7% compared with the six months of last year.

The central regulator also reports changes to tenancy prices in the capital city and across the urban areas.

According to CBI, the price of rented residential units in Tehran and across urban areas increased by 27.3% and 30.1% respectively during the sixth month of the current year compared with the similar month of last year.