Experts said that apartments are also the type that creates the driving force for recovery for the real estate market in the first two quarters of this year, especially in two large urban areas, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A survey showed that apartment searches move in the same direction as price fluctuations. If calculated from October last year until now, apartment searches reached their 'peak' around March this year and have now increased by 29% in Hanoi and 32% in HCM City. The private house and land segment in the past two quarters also recorded positive changes, in both searches and transactions. The resort real estate segment continues to be gloomy and is the quietest type in the real estate market in the first half of this year. However, experts said that this segment is also starting to show certain signs of recovery./.