Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Zadonsky Georgy Author-Name-First: Georgy Author-Name-Last:Zadonsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Housing mortgage lending in Russia in 2015 Abstract: In 2015, according to the data released by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, credit institutions extended 691,943 housing mortgage loans (HML) to the tune of Rb 1,147.339bn, which constituted 68.32% of the total amount of HML extended in 2014 and 65.04% in monetary terms. In the same period, 706,786 housing loans were originated totaling to Rb 1,168.222bn, which in quantity of loans comes to 66.71% and in monetary terms 64.14% of the extended loans. Classification-JEL: R14, R21, R52, G21, K11, L74, L85 Keywords: Russian economy, mortgage market, new housing construction Creation-Date: 2016 Revision-Date:2016 Publication-Status: Published in RUSSIAN ECONOMY IN 2015 TRENDS AND OUTLOOKS (ISSUE 37) Length: 4 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2016-244.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2016-244