Apartments of 30-50 square meters were most often bought in Moscow in 2024

The most popular area of apartments in Moscow is 30-50 square meters. m. This is reported on February 10 by "Gazeta.Ru" with reference to the research conducted by the company "Metrium" and GC "Osnova".

"Buyers of new buildings in Moscow most often buy apartments and apartments with an area of 30-50 square meters. meters. m. In the mass segment of the market of new buildings most often in 2024 bought apartments and apartments with an area of 30-50 square meters - they account for 48% of agreements. In the business class, the share of premises with the area from 30 sq. m. to 50 sq. m. accounted for 38% of transactions under share participation agreements. In new buildings of premium class the most demanded area of housing also turned out to be 30-50 square meters (31%)", - informs the edition.

At the same time in the segment of elite and deluxe class small-sized apartments and apartments are not popular. Among such new buildings, the share of sales of premises up to 50 square meters. m. amounted to only 3% and 1% respectively.

"If for the mass segment of the market the leadership of relatively small real estate options was expected, then for the classes "business" and "premium" the popularity of such premises has become a new trend. Buyers in different segments approach the choice of size more pragmatically, depending on the actual needs for space and focusing primarily on functionality", - commented Igor Sibrenkov, Commercial Director of GC "Osnova".

It is also noted that the price growth affects the long-term strategy of buyers in terms of choosing housing by area. If earlier (in the 2000s or early 2010s) buyers considered their first apartment as a long-term purchase, a kind of "family nest", then nowadays it is increasingly necessary to resort to solving the housing issue in two stages.

"First, a family (or a young couple) buys an affordable apartment of a small area (about 30-50 square meters). The cost of such a real estate object grows over time, the mortgage is paid, and the apartment becomes a support for the purchase of housing of a larger size", - said the managing director of the company "Metrium" Ruslan Syrtsov.

Prices for ready apartments in Russia stopped growing

On February 10, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for urban policy and construction Vladimir Efimov said that in the south-east of the capital will build real estate under the KRT program. In 2024 in the city 52 projects with a total area of 555 hectares have passed to the stage of active implementation, most of the territories, namely 102 hectares, will be reorganized in the South-Eastern Administrative District.

Earlier, on February 8, expert Victor Zubik told Russians about the favorable time to get a mortgage. According to him, the high key rate will remain for a long time. According to Central Bank forecasts, it will return to below 10% not earlier than 2027, so expect mortgage rates in the range of 10-12% until then is not worth it.

Earlier, on February 5, "Izvestia" got acquainted with the results of a study by Level Group, which states that almost half of the surveyed Russians in one way or another connect their plans in 2025 with the solution of the apartment issue. Thus, one in eight (12%) plans to start saving and saving money for an apartment.