Residents of St. Petersburg need 23 salaries for a down payment on a mortgage

Residents of St. Petersburg need 23 salaries for a mortgage payment on a one-room apartment in a new building. This is the highest figure in the country, reports the Mash Money Telegram channel.

The average price of a one-room apartment with an area of ​​37 square meters in St. Petersburg is 12.9 million rubles, and the average salary is 113 thousand.

Moscow is in second place. The capital has the highest down payment, but the average salary is also higher. Muscovites need 22 salaries for a down payment.

Kazan came in third place with 20 salaries. The top five also included Nizhny Novgorod and Ufa with an indicator of 19 and 18 average local salaries, respectively. Among cities with a population of over a million, the most affordable down payment is Krasnoyarsk, where 12 salaries are needed to save for a down payment.