Economic Growth In Estonia Continues, But Slows In Q2 2012

According to a recent report on the Statistics Estonia site, economic growth in Estonia grew by two per cent y-o-y to Q2 2012.

However, GDP only grew by 0.4 per cent, when seasonal and work-day factors are taken into account, between Q1 and Q2.

Most of the growth came from the construction, information and communication

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Real Estate Prices In Estonia See Fall In July 2012

According to a recent article in the Estonian Press Digest from News2Biz, July 2012 saw something of a fall in real estate prices in Estonia as a whole, but at the same time real purchasing power (in Tallinn) for those wishing to purchase property also fell.

Citing real estate giant Pindi Kinnisvara‘s index as falling

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Statistics: Real Estate Investment In Estonia Increases 24 Per Cent Y-o-Y

According to a report by Tõnu Toompark on his adaur blog, investment in real estate in Estonia has increased by 24 per cent y-o-y to the first quarter of 2012.

Citing figures from the Estonian Statistics office, investments from  Estonian companies into plant and equipment fixed assets came to a value of 506 million Euros in

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Apartments For Rent In Tallinn Increase Y-o-Y Slightly In Number, Greater By Rent Price

There has been a y-o-y increase in rental prices in Tallinn of 18 per cent, to July 2012, according to Tõnu Toompark on his adaur blog.

This undoubtedly is connected with the short supply of rental properties in Tallinn at the moment.

According to Tõnu and citing data from real estate portal kv.ee, the volume

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Retail Sales In Estonia Continuing To Grow

More hopeful signs of economic recovery in Estonia comes with a recent report on the Statistics Estonia site which states that retail sales in Estonia increased by seven per cent y-o-y to June 2012.

Furthermore this trend has been continuing since March 2012; every month between March and June saw an increase in retail sales

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Estonia Vs Slovenia

An item first published on this blog on 6th July, 2012.

An interesting and detailed post here, from the redoubtable Edward Hugh, about one of the two other CEE countries, apart from Estonia, that have acceded to the Eurozone, namely Slovenia (the third country is Slovakia).

Having consistently outperformed Estonia and even ‘older’ Eurozone countries

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Statistics: 96 Per Cent Of Residential Dwelling Space In Estonia Is In Private Sector

According to Tõnu Toompark on his adaur blog, 96 per cent of residential dwelling space in Estonia is in private hands.

The total number of residential items comes to 657 800 units, only a small increase on the last 12 years, with only three per cent of dwellings owned by local governments and one per

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Statistics: Residential Space In Estonia Has Increased 0.4 Per Cent Y-o-Y

Citing figures from the Estonain statistics office, Tõnu Toompark has reported on his Adaur blog that the total number of newly constructed residential units compared with the existing housing stock has increased by 0.4 per cent y-o-y, to 2012. The actual area of residential space versus existing stock increased by 0.68 per cent over the

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Estonian Exports Down Y-o-Y To May 2012, Nevertheless Growing

A recent report on the Estonian Statistics Office site has stated that May 2012 saw a decrease in exports y-o-y of some eight per cent at current prices.

This needs to be seen in the context of May 2011′s figures being at a record high however, according to the report.

Meanwhile, imports remained steady and

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Statistics: Volume Of Residential Space In Tallinn Has Increased 0.29 Per Cent Y-o-Y

The volume of residential space in Estonia, according to data from the Estonian Statistics Office, stood at 657 800 items with a total area of 40.53 million square metres, as reported by Tõnu Toompark on his adaur blog.

This represents an increase in the number of residential items of 0.29 per cent y-o-y, and an

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