Housing

The gap between the average cost of a meter in new buildings and apartments in ready-made houses in the 40 largest cities of Russia is now 20%, calculated in “Tsian”. Over the year, according to him, this figure decreased by 5 percentage points from 25%. Leading analyst of this company Elena Bobrovskaya clarifies that the primary market in terms of price first overtook the secondary five years ago and since then the difference between them has continued to grow, but now the situation has changed. She recalls that over the past year, the average cost of housing in complexes under construction increased by 8% to 189,700 rubles per square, while in finished houses this figure increased 12% to 158,400 rubles.

The weighted average base rate of rental of quality offices in Moscow following the results of transactions in January-September amounted to 35,869 rubles. for 1 sq. m. per year. This is according to a study by Commonwealth Partnership (CMWP). This, according to her, is 12% higher than the results of the same period in 2025. However, as the head of the office real estate department of CMWP Dmitry Venchkovsky notes, for the three quarters of last year, the rental cost added 35% compared to the nine months of 2024, respectively, the rate of growth decreased by 23 percentage points. In addition, according to his forecast, by December this figure may fall to 33,522 rubles. (-3% year-on-year), and in 2027 it will be reduced to 31,750 rubles. per square.

As of October of this year, about 9.4 million square meters of commercial real estate were arrested or banned in Moscow. This is stated in the study of the Asseto service, which was familiarized with “Vedomosti”. It says that another 32 million square meters. m are burdened with collateral, however, as the founder of the service Sergey Pivovarchik clarifies, unlike the first two options, this is a working business tool, which does not mean that the asset has any problem.

The Ministry of Construction has prepared a bill expanding the list of facilities on the territories of which it is possible to carry out preparatory work before obtaining a construction permit. The initiative proposes to extend a similar procedure to facilities whose construction or reconstruction is planned in production zones. This was reported to Vedomosti by the heads of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev.

The share of vacant space in outlets of Moscow and St. Petersburg for the year increased by about 2 times. As follows from the report of the consulting company IBC Real Estate, in the Russian capital, this figure reached 12.6% in October, although in the same month of 2025 it was 6.7%. In St. Petersburg, the vacancy for the same time added 9.6 percentage points to 19.2%. Since October last year, 80 stores and two catering outlets have been closed in the outlets of the two cities, the study said. How the number of such objects changed from October 2024 to October 2025, IBC Real Estate did not specify, because then such information was not tracked.

The city authorities have made changes to the lease agreement for a land plot of 2.9 hectares on Vostryakovskoye Highway in Troparevo-Nikulin, where the company Ksar-Service, associated with the developer Apsis Globe, builds the second stage of the Citimix multifunctional center on 60,000 square meters. As follows from the order of the Department of urban property (DGI) of Moscow on September 11, which was familiarized with “Vedomosti”, the developer will be able to transfer this project, the area in which was originally designed as non-residential premises (and sold as apartments), in apartments. It clarifies that this decision was made in connection with the appeal of the organization.

In the third quarter of 2026, 1.15 million square meters of space were leased and purchased in class A and B warehouses in Russia. This is according to a study by Bright Rich | Corfac International. It says that in comparison with April – June, this indicator increased by 1.8 times. However, as the co-founder of this organization Viktor Zaglumin clarifies, it was 14.2% lower than the same period last year. In general, according to the results of nine months, the volume of absorption decreased year-on-year by 22% to 2.23 million square meters. m, the expert notes.

The average price of apartments in elite new buildings in Moscow in the III quarter of 2026 amounted to 1.22 million rubles per 1 sq. m. This is reported by Kalinka. This is 18% less than it was a year earlier, said its founder Ekaterina Rumyantseva. The average purchase budget, according to her, for the year decreased by 36% to 114 million rubles.

For nine months of this year, four shopping centers with a total rental area of 58,700 square meters were opened in Moscow. This is stated in the report of the consulting company NF Group. It clarifies that in January-September 2025, the capital’s developers launched 10 such facilities for 108,900 square meters. Accordingly, the figures decreased by 60 and 46%. Almost 60% of the new commissioning accounted for the Kraski shopping center (35,000 square meters) in Nekrasovka, according to NF Group. In addition, this year, Nakhimov complexes were completed near the Nakhimovsky Prospekt, Assortida station on the site of the Volgograd cinema near the south-east and dynamics station in new Moscow, but their area is much smaller: from 6200 to 9000 sq. m.

The development company Forma (part of PIK Group) plans to build a business center with a total area of 68,000 square meters near the Aminevskaya station in Ochakovo-Matveevsk. This was told by her representative. The project is also known to two consultants who worked with the developer. Forma plans to enter the site in 2027, and put the facility into operation in 2029, the source of Vedomosti said. He adds that the complex will consist of two towers, and the offices will have about 40,000 square meters.

For nine months of 2026, 1637 apartments were sold on the primary market of Moscow. This is stated in the study of the real estate monitoring system BnMap.pro. According to its co-founder Sergey Lobzhanidze, this is 51.4% less than in the same period last year, and 54.7% less than in January-September 2024. At the same time, the expert emphasizes, the decline in sales has accelerated significantly: in the first nine months of 2025, the annual decline was only 6.9%.

The Moscow City Hall allowed to build about 193,000 square meters of real estate on 5.66 hectares on the 2nd Khutorska Street in the Savelovsky district of the capital. This follows from the documents of the city government, which were read by Vedomosti. It says that the project has already been approved by the Town Planning and Land Commission (GZK). It also specifies that it will include a residential complex with apartments with a total area of 94,572 square meters and non-residential premises for 8,358 square meters, as well as an office building for 90,000 square meters.