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>Is it? If you adjust for salaries? Both those places have higher average im pretty sure
Well, I can only base my claims on widely available data than numbeo and they show like it is notably cheaper, whether the data itself is valid is another thing but I don't have anything else.
>This year it is going to be more definitely as there is a smaller construction boom
Is it because of lack of demand or strict zoning laws (Poland basically doesn't have the latter).
Btw, when i think of construction boom I say about housing ofc. If you follow constructions across Europe that impression might be a bit skewed because they mostly focus on office buildings/skyscrapers which doesn't say much about how much actual housing is built.
>Still, there are quite a few apartments not on the market
In Warsaw it's also a problem. Either because the building is in such a poor state so it's simply impossible to live inside while the city doesn't have money/doesn't care to renovate it, or because Polish boomers are afraid to let their second apartment out because Polish rental market is very unorganized and we still have commie laws in force that protect the tenant to a ridiculous degree, if you want to evict a tenant who doesn't pay rent, you'd have it easier to climb Mt Everest in flip-flops. So many people prefer to keep their flat empty (especially that similarly to Hungary, property tax is extremely low here) rather than put them on the market. Though sometimes the boomers are also overreacting, like they say they won't let their flat out because they are afraid the tenant's dog might scrap their precious half-rotten wardrobe from 1981.
Generally the biggest problem for tenants in Poland is that we don't have an institutionalized rental market like Germanic countries do so you cannot expect a stable, long term contract and you will never feel "at home" in your apartment.