The analyst spoke about real estate prices in Russia in the spring

Real estate prices in Russia are not likely to change significantly in the spring. This was announced by Elena Chegodaeva, head of the analytics and consulting department at NDV Supermarket of Real Estate, on Wednesday, March 12.

According to the expert, the market is still groping for an equilibrium state.

"February showed quite serious progress in the new building market compared to January. He played off the January drop by almost 28% and showed an increase of 51% compared to the level of February 2024. The share of mortgage transactions also increased to 48.8%," the analyst said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Chegodaeva added that many developers offer several family mortgage options, which leads to increased sales.

The expert believes that two factors will influence the growth of real estate sales in the spring: a variety of mortgage programs from developers, as well as the possibility of installments. According to Chegodaeva, the price dynamics will be extremely insignificant, because the market is still groping for an equilibrium state in which both buying and selling housing are profitable.

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In turn, real estate expert Vladimir Shmelev told the website aif.ru As early as this year, Russians can put up for sale an impressive amount of housing purchased in previous years in installments. If loan rates continue to be high and overstocking occurs, prices may go down, he believes.

Earlier in the day, Izvestia wrote, citing data from the real estate and consulting company Metrium, that the weighted average price of a square meter m in the primary market of the mass segment of Moscow in February amounted to 343,090 rubles. It grew by 1.3% in a month and by 7.7% in a year.

According to analysts, in the last winter month, 19.1 thousand lots were exhibited in the market of new buildings in the mass segment, where 17.5 thousand were apartments and 1.6 thousand apartments. 2.8 thousand equity participation agreements were signed (+31.4% for the month, +68.8% for the year).

March 6th Pravda.Ru I wrote about which housing to choose — a new building or a secondary one. It is noted that when choosing a property, it is important to take into account many factors.