Sales of housing in Russian new developments for the first half of… (жильё · вырасти · продажа)
Sales of housing in Russian new developments for the first half of 2026 increased by 11% compared to the same period last year and reached 2.3 trillion rubles. Inflows into construction from the sale of housing under construction amounted to 2.3 trillion rubles.
Consensus
- Demand for daily rental apartments in Russia increased by 28% year-on-year in the first half of 2026.
- Overall tourist accommodation bookings declined by 5% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
- Sales of new residential properties in Russia rose by 11% in the first half of 2026, reaching 2.3 trillion rubles.
- The volume of housing sold in new constructions reached 10.8 million square meters in the first half of 2026, a 6% increase from the previous year.
- In July 2026, sales of new residential properties grew by 23% compared to July 2025 and amounted to 408 billion rubles.
Points of divergence
- The demand for daily rental apartments is still concentrated in major cities, with Moscow accounting for 15% of all bookings nationwide, Saint Petersburg for 7%, and Krasnodar and Kazan each receiving 4%. — vesti
- Moscow experienced a 27% decline in new housing sales in the first half of 2026, down to nearly 1.3 million square meters, while Saint Petersburg saw a 1% decrease to 569,000 square meters. — vedomosti
- No resort city made it into the top-10 list of most-booked destinations for tourist apartments, which experts attribute to logistical and ecological issues affecting summer tourism at some resorts. — vesti
- The average price per hectare of land for residential construction in Moscow was 3.6 billion rubles in the first half of 2026, a 12.2% decrease from the same period in 2025 but still 9.1% higher than in late 2025. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Demand for short-term property rental in Russia rose by 28% in 2026 — Вести
- Sales of new buildings in Russia grew by 11% in the first half of the year — Ведомости