📈 The average price per square metre in this segment has reached €3,160, up 13% year-on-year. Over five years, the increase amounts to almost 60% compared to the first quarter of 2021. A square metre in micro-housing now costs more than in new-build projects in commuter districts, where the average price stands at €2,690/m².

💰 Market analysts describe a typical transaction as follows: an investor — whether an individual or a company — purchases a unit for €70,000–90,000, carries out a cosmetic renovation, and puts it up for rent. Yields on such properties exceed 6% per annum, placing them among the best-performing residential real estate assets in the EU. Rental rates range from €250/month on the fringes of the city centre to over €1,000/month for premium units with designer finishes.

👥 The main buyers are small-scale investors, international students, expats, and highly paid IT specialists who need compact housing separate from the family home. This is a deliberate choice by Generation Z: young professionals favour ergonomic, thoughtfully designed spaces.

⚠️ Over the past ten years, the number of single-person households in Latvia has grown by 28.6%. Micro-housing perfectly aligns with this trend — but experts caution that living long-term on 15–20 m² limits one's ability to host guests, start a family, and feel genuinely comfortable.

🏗️ Developers have already responded to the trend. Estonian developer Everaus Kinnisvara has announced a project comprising 28 micro-apartments in Riga on Latgales Street, close to the River Daugava. Analysts predict the boom will continue. The segment's flexibility was proven during the pandemic: when tourist flows collapsed, micro-housing was swiftly repurposed from short-term to long-term rentals.

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