Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Georgiy Zadonsky Author-Name-First: Georgiy Author-Name-Last: Zadonsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: RUSSIAN REAL ESTATE MARKET IN JANUARY�OCTOBER 2013 Abstract: In January�October 2013, entities of all the forms of ownership built 566,800 apartments with floorspace of 45.4m sq. m which is equal to 113.3% on the respective period of 2012. In 2013, the correlation between the price of housing and households� income points to higher affordability of housing both on the primary market and the secondary market. The weighted average rate on MHL in rubles extended within a month fell from 12.9% in March 2013 to 12.3% as of November 1, 2013. As of October 1, 2012, the debt on MHL in shares of GDP increased to 4.89% which is 2.3 p.p. higher than the largest pre-crisis value in 2008 Classification-JEL: G21, K11, L74, L85, R14, R21 , R31, R52 Keywords: : REAL ESTATE MARKET Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 1 Month: January Pages: 41-45 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/268Zadonsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:268