Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Georgy Zadonsky Author-Name-First: Georgy Author-Name-Last: Zadonsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Mortgage in the Russian Federation Abstract: In January-August 2012, mortgage housing loans for Rb 611,561bn were extended which figure is 54% higher than the volume of lending in the respective period of 2011. As of September 1, 2012, the outstanding debt on MHL in the amount of Rb 1,765 trillion exceeded by 34.52% that as of September 1, 2011. The positive trend – a decrease both in the share of the overdue debt on MHL in rubles in the outstanding debt and the share of the volume of defaulted MHL in the total debt – continued. In August 2012, the weighted average rate on MHL in rubles rose by 0.1 p.p. and amounted to 12.3% against 11.4% as of December 1, 2011. Classification-JEL: G21, K11, L74, L85, R14, R21, R31, R52 Keywords: Real Estate, Russian Federation, Mortgage Year: 2012 Issue: 11 Month: October Pages: 41-48 Journal:Russian Economic Developments File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/19Zadonsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:19