The determinants of Polish government policy in terms of agricultural land market in the context of the end of transitional period of agricultural real estate acquisition by foreigners

Research background: A traditional form of state intervention in agriculture comprised regulating the rights to ownership. One of the often discussed aspects of regulations refers to those binding for foreigners. Purpose of the article: The objective of the article was to analyse the position (of the European Economic and Social Committee and the Polish legislator) regarding the phenomenon of purchasing agricultural property by foreigners as well as the opinions of farmers on the consequences for the agricultural land market resulting from ending the transitional period in Poland for purchasing agricultural property by foreigners as on 1 May 2016. Methods: Direct studies were conducted in 2015 among 86 farmers in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Findings and Value added: The main reason for such a discussion conducted globally and in Europe is the phenomenon of excessive concentration and the use of land for non-agricultural purposes. Whereas, the European Economic and Social Committee indicates that in order to limit unfavourable practices in the EU member states, activities directed at preventing speculation, preserving local traditions and ensuring a proper usufruct of land should be permitted. The majority of farmers were afraid of the changes in the agricultural land market after the end of the transitional period in purchasing agricultural property by foreigners. They emphasised the above by expressing opinions on regulations binding in the transitional period and their effectiveness. With regard to the provisions of the Act of 5 August 2015, farmers were afraid of an increase in prices of agricultural land and the capital advantage of foreigners.

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Agricultural land market in Slovakia in years 2001–2008

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/145/2010-agricecon ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 57 (No. 1) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Š. Buday

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Real Estate ◽

Small Area ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Size Structure ◽

Land Market ◽

Average Price ◽

Land Utilization ◽

Market Prices ◽

The Real Estate

The article presents the results from the monitoring analyses of the buying/selling prices of agricultural land in accordance with the deposited contracts in the Real Estate Cadastre in years 2001–2008. Agricultural land sales, land areas and market prices are observed and evaluated under the size structure of the sold estates and their anticipated further utilization in the counties Dunajská Streda, Topoľčany, Rimavská Sobota, Liptovský Mikulá&scaron;, Michalovce and Svidník and for all observed counties as a whole. By data analyzing and evaluating of the agricultural land purchases/sales, there was taken into consideration the fact that the average price of the sold estates is to a large extent influenced by their size, location and the purpose of further utilisation. The estates of small area characterized as agricultural land are selling for the highest prices, but they already figure in the development studies and the land-use plans of the villages or they are regarded as building estates in the future. Therefore, the sold estates were divided into two categories in accordance with the expected further land utilization. As the estates for further agricultural utilization, there were considered the estates with the area above 1 hectare of agricultural land. In the case of smaller estates, it is assumed that they will be of building, recreational, sporting or other utilization after the landowner change.  

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Land Market and Price of the Agricultural Land after the End of the Transitional Period

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica ◽

10.1515/aree-2016-0009 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 41-46

Author(s):

Katarína Dirgasová

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Transition Period ◽

Transitional Period ◽

Land Market ◽

The European Union ◽

Market Prices ◽

New Type ◽

The Impact ◽

Supply Price

Abstract After the end of the transition period for the purchase of the agricultural land by foreigners, the legislation regulating the acquisition of the agricultural land was adopted for the purpose of harmonization of the Slovak legislation with the legislation of the European Union. The Law no. 140/2014 Coll. on the acquisition of ownership to the agricultural land and amending and supplementing determines the subjects that are legitimated to acquire the ownership to the agricultural land. In addition, due to the creation of the Register of Offers of the Agricultural Land, the legislation allows the landowner to set a price on the sale of the agricultural land. In Slovakia, apart from the administrative prices and the market prices, there is a new type of prices, so-called „supply price“. The aim of the paper is to sum up the impact of the current legislation on the land market and the prices of agricultural land.

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Introduction of land market: current issues and development prospects

10.31548/zemleustriy2021.03.02 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2-2

Author(s):

I. Novakovska ◽

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L. Skrypnyk ◽

N. Ishchenko ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Free Market ◽

Electronic System ◽

The United States ◽

Real Estate Market ◽

Public Works ◽

Land Market ◽

Agricultural Lands ◽

Land Relations

The peculiarities of the free market of agricultural lands are described. The consequences of opening the land market in terms of economic, land and legal components in the system of land relations are presented. The list of conditions for the purchase and sale of agricultural land is highlighted. The specifics of the functioning of the free market of agricultural lands are substantiated. The characteristic of basic normative-legal acts in the sphere of functioning of the land market is given. A comparative analysis of the current state of purchase and sale of land by farms and agricultural holdings. A comparison of the indicators of the number of concluded agreements of purchase and sale of agricultural land, the average value of rent per 1 hectare of land, respectively, by region and price fluctuations per 1 hectare of land when concluding purchase and sale agreements. The foreign experience of land market function with the detailing of the factors influencing the further development is analyzed. In particular, the problems and needs in the functioning of the land market of Poland, Brazil, the United States and the United Kingdom are considered. The possibility of introducing an electronic system such as EMBRAESP, which monitors the main indicators of the efficiency of the urban real estate market, together with city legislation, land regulations and large public works projects that may affect the behavior of real estate markets. Key words: land relations, land market, land lease, land legislation.

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CONSENT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AS A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR REAL ESTATE TURNOVER

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.0540 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XXI (1) ◽

pp. 14-21

Author(s):

Michał Brożyna ◽

Justyna Pijanowska

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Legal Reform ◽

Legal Aspects ◽

Land Market ◽

Agricultural System ◽

New Instrument ◽

Actual Use ◽

Agricultural Support ◽

The Republic

In 2016 the rules concerning the agricultural land market in Poland changed. This legal reform was aimed at closing access for EU foreigners to the Polish agricultural land market. Prior to these new regulations being introduced, it was speculated whether these changes would lead to the agricultural land market “freezing up”, as the relevant jurisdiction and responsibilities, formerly granted to the Agricultural Property Agency, were taken over by the National Center of Agricultural Support (KOWR). The analysis was conducted on the basis of subject literature and data was obtained from KOWR. The investigated problems included formal and legal aspects of issuing consents by KOWR for the acquisition of agricultural land located in the Republic of Poland, as well as actual use of the above mentioned instrument by KOWR’s branch unit in Cracow. The regulation, aimed at closing access for EU foreigners to Polish agricultural land, was constructed in such a way that access to agricultural land was either impeded or made impossible not only for foreign entities but also certain Polish citizens. In accordance with Art. 2a par.4 of the Act on shaping the agricultural system (UKUR), consent of KOWR is required in the case of agricultural land purchase by entities other than those mentioned in Art 2a par. 3 of UKUR. According to the data obtained from KOWR and presented in the paper, it is evident that this instrument is being practically applied in the Malopolska Province.

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Protective restrictions on the acquisition of agricultural land: the impact on the land market on the example of Lithuania

Geodetski vestnik ◽

10.15292/geodetski-vestnik.2021.01.82-93 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 65 (01) ◽

pp. 82-93

Author(s):

Marius Aleknavičius ◽

Audrius Aleknavičius ◽

Jolanta Valciukiene

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Transitional Period ◽

Land Acquisition ◽

Land Market ◽

Steady Growth ◽

Long Run ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Restrictive Measures ◽

The Impact

During the period of about 15 years, there were several attempts to regulate land tenure in Lithuania by changing the procedure of land acquisition and imposing some restrictive measures for the acquisition of agricultural land. This research aimed to determine the impact of those restrictive measures on the land market. This article represents the analytical results of the statistical data on agricultural land privatisation and market sales in respect of changes in legal acts. According to the analysis, changes in land acquisition procedure had no negative effect on land privatisation and volumes of land sales nor on land sale prices during the transitional period of limited access for foreign buyers in 2004–2014. The volatility of land sales during the transitional period can be explained by the natural market cyclicality, while the steady growth of prices indicates that the land market has not yet reached its long-run equilibrium. The new regulative provisions adopted in 2014 after the transitional period was over were intended to prevent land concentration and had a positive, yet momentary, effect on the supply of private agricultural land. A significant increase in land prices after introducing those provisions was caused by the ceased supply of state land and some other causes that were not analysed in this paper.

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LAND MARKET AS THE SEGMENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY MARKET

Visnyk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Military-Special Sciences ◽

10.17721/1728-2217.2018.39.62-65 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 62-65

Author(s):

S. Titova ◽

O. Babenko

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Land Reform ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Market ◽

Property Market ◽

Land Rent ◽

Real Property ◽

Non Profit ◽

Agrarian Sector ◽

Market Formation

Analysis of the current state of the land market in the agrarian sector of the economy through the implementation of land reform is carried out.. The objective foundations and content of the institutional mission of the state in the land market, which are determined by the specific characteristics of real estate, are revealed. The preconditions for forming the land market in Ukraine are analyzed and the possible consequences of the introduction of free circulation of agricultural land are determined. A conceptually new direction of the land market study is proposed, which is to reveal the essence of the land as an independent economic category and the forms of its functioning in a particular segment of the market real estate, the inversion character of the land market formation is grounded, and the triple logic of land entry into market turnover is revealed. Keywords: agrarian sector of economy, landmark, non-profit markets, land reform, land lease, land rent, land loan.

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