"Kopecks" became the most popular

48% of buyers in Moscow new buildings choose two -room apartments about 48% of buyers of metropolitan new buildings purchase two -room apartments, while the share of once popular "odnushki" among purchasing preferences in the primary market amounted to only 23%. Such data are contained in a study conducted by Business Vision. “This ratio is characteristic of business class apartments, while about 70% of demand in the lowest segment falls on one -room apartments,” Dmitry Popov, the head of the analytical department of the New Square company, reflects on the Economy Class in Moscow, is practically absent in Moscow, so this trend is visible here. ”

At the same time, according to Denis Kolokolnikov, general director of Russian Research Group (RRG), about 80 thousand transactions are performed annually in the primary housing market, while the secondary accounts for about 25-30 thousand. “If you take all the offers for the sale of apartments, then about 45-47% will have to be two -room, about 5% - for multi -rooms, and for“ threek ”and“ odnushki ” - about 25%,” the expert adds.

The area of purchased apartments has also increased. According to Business Vision, only a quarter of buyers purchase housing with an area of less than 50 square meters. m, while for apartments with an area of 50 to 70 square meters. m and from 70 to 100 square meters. M accounts for 31% and 28%, respectively. “This is partly imposed by developers,” Kolokolnikov believes. According to RRG, the average area of the apartment in Moscow is 66 square meters. m, while in the primary market this indicator is 78-80 square meters. m. "And buying a small apartment in the primary market is extremely difficult," says Kolokolnikov.

The fact is that the cost of a large area is significantly lower than one -room due to reducing the costs of communications and the construction of bathrooms. It turns out that it is more profitable for the developer to build apartments of a larger area, and it is easier for the buyer to pay extra for an extra room than to take an expensive “odnushka”.

This arithmetic has increased the average budget of purchased apartments. According to Business Vision, apartments worth less than $ 150 thousand account for only 1%of transactions, in the $ 150-250 thousand segment-about 5%, while the main volume of transactions, about 38%, came to a share of $ 350-500 thousand. A little less (29%) buyers laid out more than $ 750 thousand per apartment.

At the same time, the share of investment apartments has recently decreased significantly: according to the study, only about 11% of the surveyed buyers of apartments in new buildings acquire real estate for this purpose. According to ST Group Region, the total share of investment apartments in Moscow, including the primary and secondary market, is about 15-20%. While recently, according to market participants and officials, this share was about 30%.

According to Vadim Martynenko, director of the secondary market of the Reskor Corporation, the owners of investment apartments have recently begun to actively get rid of new buildings purchased for the future. “Today, many seek to sell housing, sometimes without even waiting for the final paperwork,” he is perplexed. “A thing that is completely unthinkable until recently.”

It is possible that, having got rid of Moscow real estate, citizens invest in real estate in other regions. So, according to the commercial director of the “ST Group Region” Dmitry Shmelev, about 80% of housing buyers in Sochi, where over the past year the prices amounted to about 110% - residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as large raw materials and industrial regions. "The share of private investors also increased in other regions, for example, in Rostov-on-Don, where prices rose by 60%over the year," concludes Shmelev.

10/29/2006 / Denis Pokulov, the material was published in the newspaper No. 198 dated 10/30/2006.