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September vs. August: why deals rose 16.2% while the price slipped
In September deals rose 16.2% and the area sold rose 15.1%, winning back over 80% of August's drop. Yet the price per hectare fell a further 1.7%, to UAH 59,343. We look at why turnover returned but the price did not.
LandData Explorer October 3, 2026
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September 2, 2026
August vs. July: why deal volume fell 17.6% but the price didn’t
In August, the number of land deals fell 17.6% — the sharpest drop this year — and the area sold fell 18%. Yet the average price per hectare barely moved: –0.8%, to UAH 60,430. We look at why the market slowed while the price held.
September 1, 2026
Agricultural Land Market in Wartime Conditions
Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia together recorded fewer deals than Vinnytsia region alone. Sumy and Chernihiv, where hostilities are just as active, trade close to the national average. It's not the war itself that stops the market — it's occupation.
August 24, 2026
Price per hectare, quarter over quarter: +0.7% in hryvnia, down in dollars
In Q2 2026, the average price per hectare rose just 0.7% in hryvnia terms — to UAH 54,981 — while in dollar terms it actually fell 1.7%, to $1,226. At the same time, the number of deals grew 14.4%. We look at why the market picked up but the price didn't.
August 24, 2026
Why the “Average Price per Hectare” Can Be Misleading
Calculate the price per hectare “naively” — a plain arithmetic mean across all purchase-sale deals — and you get UAH 168,633. The real price on LandData Explorer is UAH 43,700. We break down why a simple average is this misleading.
August 24, 2026
Why You Can Trust the Price on LandData Explorer
“LandData Explorer’s composite methodology” isn’t a marketing phrase — it’s a published research methodology. On real data, it’s three times more stable than a simple average or median. Here’s how it works.
August 24, 2026
Farmers Buy Just 1.2% of Land on the Market
Since Ukraine’s land market opened, farming enterprises have registered just 1.2% of all purchase-sale deals. The reason isn’t a lack of support programs — it’s the law itself: unlike EU countries, supporting farmers was never written in as its goal.
August 23, 2026
July vs. June: Fewer Deals, but Pricier Land
The price per hectare rose 5.4%, while the number of deals fell. In plain terms: why that happened, which regions got the most expensive, and what it means for landowners.
August 23, 2026
Top 10 Regions by Deal Volume: Poltava Takes the Lead for the First Time
Poltava region has topped the ranking of regions by cumulative registered land purchase-sale deals — 39,196 all-time — overtaking Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia. The full top 10, and why these particular regions lead.
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