While the Moscow authorities are thinking about how to fulfill their promise and build how many thousand meters of housing for people on the waiting list at a special price (50 thousand rubles per sq. M.), The cost of a square meter of living space in Moscow will steadily increase.
State Duma elections and the presidential race will surely spur this process.
Numerous Khrushchevs, with which the former mayor unsuccessfully fought, show real miracles: the price tags for the most inexpensive housing change according to completely unknown laws, increasing every time the capital’s mayor’s office begins to gush with ideas about improving the life of the townspeople. There are practically no offers in the segment of inexpensive apartments, and the demand is simply colossal. Relatively cheap apartments can now be purchased only in the Moscow region, and even then far beyond the city limits. Budget «odnushki» and «kopeck piece» instantly disperse in the hands of happy owners. There are few of them — but they are.
One of the main negative factors that directly affect the real estate market may be additional taxes (more specifically, the tax on the market, not the appraised value of housing). Naturally, this issue will not be raised before the elections. However, the new president will have to take unpopular measures as early as next year. Perhaps the owners of small-sized cars will be spared, but expensive real estate or large living space will become the object of close attention. Consequently, the focus will in any case shift to the budget segment, and this will generate even greater demand for cheap housing..
