We checked which towns in Silesia are the most attractive for buying property
Text from 2019. Laws, rates and prices may have changed since then. Ask an agent
Recent years have been very turbulent on the property market. According to experts, the financial crisis caused the housing bubble to burst, and as a result the purchase prices per sq m of flats and building plots in Katowice fell significantly.
Where is the cheapest place to buy a flat of your own?
An analysis of prices on the secondary market for flats shows that the lowest selling prices per sq m are in Bytom, where they hover around 2,000 PLN. Transaction prices below 2,500 PLN can also be found in other towns of the agglomeration, such as Czeladź, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie and Świętochłowice. The most expensive place to buy a flat, on the other hand, is the capital of the agglomeration, that is Katowice. The average transaction price there is around 3500, which means that flats are nearly 75% more expensive than in Bytom, the cheapest city.
The Silesian primary market – housing estates
The largest number of development projects for modern residential complexes can be seen in the region's biggest cities, led by Katowice. Estates such as Bażantów, Osiedle Franciszkańskie, Francuska Park and Osiedle Cyprysowe are only some of the projects recently completed or at the final stage of construction. Next come Gliwice (including Osiedle Bursztynowe and Wiśniowe Wzgórze), Tychy (including Osiedle Cztery Pory Roku and Osiedle Łabędzie) and Bielsko-Biała (including Osiedle Pogodne and Słoneczne Bulwary). In smaller towns the supply on the primary market is very limited and in most cases consists of individual listings. That is why, when looking for a flat or a new house in Katowice in a residential complex, you should look at what developers in the largest cities of the region have to offer.
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Property location
The Silesian Agglomeration is one of the best-connected areas in the whole of Poland – it is worth mentioning here the key roads running through its centre. The most important are the A4 motorway (linking Rzeszów with Wrocław), the A1 motorway (linking the southern border with Gdańsk), the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa (Central Route, linking the main cities of the agglomeration), the S1 expressway and National Road DK 1 – Gierkówka (linking Katowice with Warsaw). The whole road network allows very fast and smooth travel around the entire agglomeration, which makes for very interesting locations for building or buying a house on the outskirts of large cities or in smaller towns 15-20 km from centres such as Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Tychy, Rybnik, Gliwice or Zabrze.
Given the huge and diverse property market in Silesia, it is hard to point unequivocally to the most attractive places for buyers. Each buyer has their own preferences and priorities, which will have a decisive influence on the choice of a particular location. It may be the price of the property, the distance from a given place in the agglomeration (e.g. the workplace), or closeness to nature.
