After the active interest of Muscovites to the finished housing in 2020, in January 2021 the situation changed dramatically: demand in relation to the January last year decreased by 35%, and by December - twice, analysts reported.
"Now we are observing the recession of the activity of buyers of secondary housing - after in the summer and in the fall she was extremely high. At the same time, in the secondary housing market of the old Moscow, there is an increase in prices both in annual and in a monthly expression. In comparison with January 2020, the average price of the range of quarter. The meter increased by 16.8% (from 214.7 thousand rubles to 250.7 thousand rubles), the average value of objects - by 15.5% (from 12.9 million rubles to 14.9 million rubles). In relation to December, these indicators have changed by 3.2% and 3.9%, respectively, "says Sergey Shloma, director of the Incom-Real Estate Market Department.
At the same time, the expert notes, in the last month, the decline in the exposition of secondary apartments in the capital was 10.1%, and for the year, in the mass segment of housing, the amount of supply decreased by 30%.
"While we do not see the prerequisites for further such a significant increase in prices, which was observed on the" secondary "last year, this process was already exhausted. Most likely, prices will remain approximately at the same level as now. The amount of proposal will not be accurately restored a month before the previous indicators. Exposure restoration (i.e., its replenishment with new lots) usually occurs extremely slow. As for demand, we will not see any excitement in 2021, after the jump in the buyer's activity last year, the number of advances and transactions, on the contrary, gradually decreases, "belongs to Shloma.
"Now we see some decline in demand in the secondary market. I think that before the middle of the summer, the trends last year will be preserved. The developers will continue to display objects at high prices, and the owners of secondary objects will change price tags with a loan to the primary market. According to our expectations, the rise in prices in the secondary market capital will be 0.5-0.9% per month before the middle of the year, "said Alexander Pozdnyakov, head of the investment company Garnet.
