[51902] Crisis in the Russian real estate market: A drop in supply and sales forecasts for 2026

Crisis in the Russian real estate market: A drop in supply and sales forecasts

The real estate market in Russia is facing a significant upheaval in May 2026. According to a report by BITCOIN & CRYPTO POST, which relies on data from 'Vedomosti', sales of new apartments in the Moscow region are expected to record a decline of about 15% during the current year. The analysis indicates that the primary reasons for this trend are "strict mortgage policies and a reduction in supply."

This trend is reinforced by additional official data. As reported in Forex & Crypto and Investing & Financial | Crypto, data from the government housing authority DOM.RF indicates that during this past April, Russian real estate developers reduced new construction supply by 18% compared to the same period last year.

The volume of construction cut amounts to approximately 3.4 million square meters of built-up area, a figure indicating extreme caution by construction companies in light of changes to government credit conditions. The combination of stricter financing conditions for buyers and the withdrawal of developers from the market is expected to deepen the stagnation in the Russian real estate sector in the coming months.