The share of mortgage transactions in new business-class buildings in Moscow has decreased
PIONEER analysts recorded a reduction in mortgages in new business-class buildings in Moscow to 43 percent at the end of August 2026
Quick Look
- At the end of August 2026, the share of mortgage transactions in new business-class buildings in Moscow decreased to 43% compared to 49% a year earlier.
- A similar drop was recorded in St.
- Petersburg, Kazan and Ufa, while Krasnodar showed an increase.
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Why It Matters
Analysis of the real estate market based on the results of August 2026.
At the end of August 2026, the share of mortgage transactions in new business-class buildings in Moscow decreased to 43 percent compared to 49 percent last year. A similar situation is observed in most million-plus cities, PIONEER analysts told Lenta.ru.
Despite the decline, the capital remains the city with the largest volume of mortgage transactions. In St. Petersburg, the share of mortgages also decreased - from 50 to 45 percent. In Kazan there was a decrease from 45 to 40 percent, in Ufa - from 73 to 59 percent.
At the same time, in Krasnodar the share of mortgage transactions increased from 59 to 78 percent, showing the maximum growth among all cities. In Novosibirsk there was an increase from 30 to 38 percent, and in Nizhny Novgorod - from 32 to 47 percent. However, experts noted that an increase in the share does not always mean a similar change in the number of mortgage transactions.
Open Questions
- What is the absolute dynamics of the number of transactions?
- What caused the growth of mortgages in Krasnodar?
