28.04.2011 - Proposed higher VAT is expected to hurt fragile Czech housing markets
After experiencing price falls in 2008 and 2009, residential property markets in the Czech Republic stagnated for most of 2010 and in early-2011. With the government in dire need of funds, it is mulling unification of the value-added tax (VAT) rate to the higher tier. The average price of Czech apartments was CZK1,719, 229 (€70,603) in February 2011, according to realitymorava.ck, the biggest and leading residential property portal in the country..............................................Full Article: Source
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