Experts spoke about the reduction in the area of lots in the capital's premium projects

Over the past five years, the average area of purchased properties in the Moscow luxury real estate market has been steadily decreasing. According to Whitewill, which was reviewed by Izvestia on August 9, even in the upper price segment, demand is shifting towards apartments of small size.

In the first half of 2020, the average lot size in the de-luxury segment was 157 sq. m., and by 2025 it decreased by 13% to 137 sq. m. In the premium class, the dynamics are similar: over the same period, the average transaction area decreased by 14%, from 89 to 76 sq. m.

The key reason for the changes is the reassembly of the product line. New projects in the high-budget segment are increasingly offering variable layouts, including one-room and compact Euro formats. In a number of premium complexes, the average square footage does not exceed 60 square meters, which was previously more typical for the mass market.

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But the active demand for such real estate remains only in the premium segment.

"The volume of exposure in the premium and de-luxury segments is gradually eroding: The withdrawal of new projects has significantly decreased, and some of the facilities have moved to the secondary market and are not reflected in statistics. At the same time, large areas, especially penthouses, are most often purchased at the final stages, after the house is completed," said Ekaterina Levina, Whitewill's top broker.

As the expert concluded, the current decline cannot be called significant. In addition, small lots are often purchased for consolidation, and in statistics this may be reflected as two separate apartments, although we are talking about one large one.

On July 29, analysts at Metrium recorded a record decrease in the share of mortgage transactions in the primary market of "old" Moscow in the first half of 2025. This is the lowest result since the first half of 2019, when the indicator dropped to 47%. At the same time, the share of mortgage transactions in the premium class sank to a minimum in the history of the market - 16%.

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