Experts spoke about the decline in investment in real estate

According to preliminary data, in the first quarter of 2025, the total volume of investments in Russian real estate decreased by 23% and amounted to 142 billion rubles. This was told to Izvestia on March 26 by analysts of the real estate consulting company MORE.XP.

In the residential space segment, there was a 65% year-on-year decline, amounting to 26 billion rubles. At the same time, an increase of 5% was recorded in the field of commercial real estate compared to last year, reaching 117 billion rubles.

The growth in commercial real estate was driven by increased investment from end users, who invested 22% more than a year ago, amounting to 60 billion rubles. At the same time, investors buying commercial real estate for investment purposes reduced their investments by 9% year-on-year, to 57 billion rubles.

Different sectors of commercial real estate showed opposite trends. The most significant changes occurred in the office segment, where investments increased 2.1 times compared to last year. At the same time, a 75% year-on-year decrease was recorded in the production and warehouse segment.

Investments in commercial real estate at the development stage increased by 65% compared to last year, and their share amounted to 66%, an increase of 24 percentage points year-on-year, due to the limited supply of ready-made facilities.

"At the beginning of 2025, there was a decrease in the total volume of investments by more than 20% YoY, in particular, a reduction in investments in housing sites and commercial real estate for investment purposes," explained Irina Ushakova, Senior Director, Head of Investments, Capital Markets and Analytics.

According to her, end users remain active in the commercial real estate market, increasing investments year-on-year mainly in the office segment, where there is a shortage of available space.

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Previously, the financial marketplace "I will choose.<url> and the Nibble Invest crowdlanding platform conducted research, the results of which were reviewed by Izvestia on March 21, where it was reported that 40% of Russians consider investments in real estate promising. Experts found that in early March, about 85% of respondents used bank deposits and savings accounts for savings. At the same time, more than 40% noted that they had purchased securities (stocks, bonds) against the background of positive news about the growth of the stock market. Every tenth respondent invested in real estate.