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: MORTGAGE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN H1 2013 Abstract: In 2013, growth in mortgage housing lending continued. In 2013, the volume of the extended mortgage housing loans (Rb 1,354 trillion) exceeded by 31.17% that of 2012. The quality of the portfolio of mortgage housing loans (MHL) kept getting worse: in 2013 the overdue debt fell to Rb 39.5bn with a decrease of its share in the debt to 1.49%; as of January 1, 2014 the debt without overdue payments in the total amount of the debt rose by 0.12 p.p. against January 1, 2013 and amounted to 96.05%, while the share of the defaulted MHL (with payments overdue for over 180 days) fell by 0.48 p.p. and amounted to 1.78%. In 2013, a decrease in the weighted average interest rate on ruble MHL within a month changes for a 0.2 p.p. growth in December to 12.1%. Classification-JEL: G21, K11, L74, L85, R14, R21 , R31, R52 Keywords: : REAL ESTATE MARKET Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 3 Month: February Pages: 31-33 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/280Zadonsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:280