Real Estate Trade Down 20% in 2008

Ljubljana, 16 March - Real estate trade dropped by 20% to some 7,800 units sold in 2008, which means the market is down to the level of 2003, the Slovenian Surveying and Mapping Authority wrote in a press release on Monday. Although prices of condominiums rose by 4% in 2008, prices of family houses on the other hand dropped by 6%.