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Vietnam housing affordability and real estate shifts

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By late August 2026, the Vietnamese real estate market faced a deepening credit imbalance and pricing paradox. While real estate credit rose nearly 13% in Q2 2026 to over 2.5 quadrillion VND, capital primarily flowed toward large-scale urban projects and developers with strong financial capacity. This created a situation where individual homebuyers struggled to secure financing while corporate credit remained high. Furthermore, despite low liquidity and high inventory, housing prices remained elevated as developers, facing high input costs and long development cycles, preferred delaying launches or pursuing M&A over price reductions. In Ho Chi Minh City, housing prices reached levels exceeding 30 times the average household income. The financial pressure on the sector is compounded by a rising real estate bond market, with some developers offering yields as high as 13% per year to manage maturing principal payments due in late 2026. As of early September 2026, the liquidity crisis has manifested in specific corporate defaults. No Va Thao Dien Co., Ltd. reported difficulties meeting obligations for a bond series with a par value of 2,300 billion VND, noting an outstanding principal balance of approximately 1,056.83 billion VND that it was unable to pay on schedule as of August 14, 2026. Hung Thinh Land Joint Stock Company has also been cited as facing delays in fulfilling bond obligations. New data from late June 2026 indicates that total debt for listed real estate enterprises reached 360,240 billion VND, a 20.3% increase from the previous quarter, pushing the debt-to-equity ratio to 0.72, the highest in 15 quarters. This increase was driven significantly by Vinhomes, which saw debt rise by over 50,000 billion VND, and Novaland, which increased debt by over 4,000 billion VND. Inventory levels have surpassed 39,000 units. By September 9, 2026, new data suggests a divergence in market trends.

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