In August, prices for new buildings decreased or stagnated in most megacities.

In August, prices for new buildings decreased or stagnated in most metropolitan areas. This was reported to Izvestia on August 28 by Yandex Real Estate analysts.

According to the service, in August compared to July, on average in Russian cities with a population of one million, the median cost of a meter in the primary market increased by 1.3% and amounted to 190 thousand rubles.

At the same time, prices have increased in seven megacities, decreased in seven more, and stagnated in the remaining two. The total number of offers in new buildings in cities with a population of one million decreased by 2.9% in August compared to July.

"At the end of the summer, we are seeing the activation of buyers in the primary market. The slight increase in prices in ads is rather nominal in nature: we see a leaching of the offer base, and, first of all, these offers are leaving the most affordable segment, leaving more expensive ones on the showcase, which is reflected in the median price. It is impossible not to note the growing interest in new buildings, which intensified after the start of the key rate reduction cycle. Given the cautious consumer optimism regarding further changes in the cost of lending, we predict continued growth in activity in the new—build market in the autumn season," Evgeny Belokurov, commercial director of Yandex Real Estate, explained to Izvestia.

In August, Moscow (472 thousand rubles per 1 square meter), St. Petersburg (283 thousand rubles per 1 square meter), Kazan (243 thousand rubles per 1 square meter) became the millionaires with the highest median price per square meter in new buildings.rubles per 1 sq. m.), Nizhny Novgorod (195 thousand rubles per 1 sq. m.) and Ufa (178 thousand rubles per 1 sq. m.). The most noticeable decrease in prices in advertisements for the sale of apartments in new buildings in August was recorded in Omsk (-2.5%), Kazan (-1.1%) and Voronezh (-0.9%). There is also a slight decrease in Krasnoyarsk (-0.8%), Novosibirsk (-0.7%), Volgograd (-0.6%), Perm (-0.5%) and Ufa (-0.3%).

Also in August, the total number of offers in new buildings in cities with a population of 2.9% decreased compared to July. At the same time, there is a significant increase in the volume of offers in a number of cities: Voronezh (+14.1%), Chelyabinsk (+7.2%) and Kazan (+5%). The largest decrease in the volume of offers was noted in St. Petersburg (-12%), Krasnodar (-9.4%) and Ufa (-7.6%).

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