Hovhannes Mutafyan: uncertainty prevents people from buying real estateJuly 1, 2009 - 19:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation will improve if the population realizes that the crisis is coming to an end, Hovhannes Mutafyan, chief architect of Elite Group building company, told PanARMENIAN.Net "With construction of the Northern Avenue, people got inspired by the possibility of attracting new investments and creation of job opportunities," he said, adding that the loans granted by the EBRD will be spent for accomplishment of a number of projects. "Many projects were frozen because of the crisis," he said. "As to the Northern Avenue, it was justified from economic viewpoint but failed as a dwelling project." Mr. Murafyan also informed that Elite Group is building a hotels in Dilijan, Sevan and Aghveran. "Construction is a business. If you build you should sell. But people who have money refrain from buying real estate because they are not sure what will happen in future. Anyway, I am an optimist and I hope that the situation will improve," he concluded. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |