The share of apartments and apartments with full finishing has decreased in new buildings in Moscow

In March 2025, the share of apartments and apartments with finishes in Moscow's primary market reached its lowest level since 2018. This follows from the data of the real estate and consulting company Metrium, which was reviewed by Izvestia on April 28.

In March, only 27% of the apartments and apartments offered were finished. A year earlier, this figure was 37%, in the first month of spring 2023 - 40%, and at the same time in 2022 — 42%.

The supply of finished rooms has decreased most noticeably in new premium class buildings. In the first month of spring, the share was only 10% of the total volume, which is the absolute minimum in the entire history of observations. At the same time, the share of rooms without decoration reached a record 73%. The pre-finishing offer has decreased to 17%.

"The increase in the supply of premium apartments and apartments with a free layout in Moscow is partly due to a change in consumer preferences. Among wealthy clients, the proportion of those who purchase long-term housing has increased, hoping that they, their families and children will live in it, rather than investing. In this case, buyers in the premium segment often prefer rooms without decoration in order to equip the apartment to their liking, to suit their needs and objectives," explained Hakob Kirakosyan, CEO of Dom Dau construction company.

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The supply of new buildings with full finishes in the high-budget segment (elite and deluxe class) has also decreased. In March 2025, only 25% of the properties in these segments were offered with finishes from the developer. The majority of apartments and apartments (63%) had no decoration. The share of premises with pre-finishing accounted for 12%.

"To a large extent, the difficulties with finishing in the high-budget segment are caused by external constraints. Today, it is not easy for many developers in the elite and deluxe segments to ensure decent quality of a ready-made design solution due to a lack of premium materials and technologies, so they refuse to meet the corresponding obligations. Only the most experienced developers manage to maintain the quality of finishes that correspond to the highest class," said Ekaterina Borisova, Director of Development at Rariteco.

In the business class in March 2025, only 10% of apartments and apartments in new buildings were offered fully finished (in 2024 - 15%). The share of rooms without finishing accounted for 64%, and rooms with pre—finishing accounted for 26%.

"The decrease in the share of apartments without finishing occurs for several reasons, and first of all it is an increase in the cost of construction and finishing materials," said Igor Sibrenkov, Commercial Director of Osnova Group.

Experts also noted that the decline in the supply of finished rooms has also affected the largest segment of the Moscow new—build market, the mass market, where such housing has prevailed in recent years. In March 2025, the share of fully finished rooms was 53%, without finishing - 30%, with pre—finishing - 17%.

Ruslan Syrtsov, Managing Director of Metrium, also noted that developers rely on premises without finishing or with pre-finishing, which is probably due to an increase in cost and a change in consumer preferences.

"At the same time, fully finished apartments still retain their leading positions in the mass segment, although their share is also gradually decreasing," he added.

Earlier, on April 24, it was reported that the average price of 1 sq.m. m in the primary market of "old" Moscow reached 685.3 thousand rubles. Over the year, the indicator increased by 25.2%. At the same time, in the most expensive district, Tverskoy, the average cost of a "square" exceeded 3 million rubles. This follows from the data of the company "Metrium".