Spring rates in St. Petersburg: the market woke up?

After more than two-year lull, the real estate market came to life. Heads of the companies - members of the Realtors Association of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region - argue that the demand for housing "economy" and "business" class returns and even begins to cover the pre-crisis figures. The real estate market once again came to the banks lending programs. However, in places from St. Petersburg real estate has changed beyond recognition. For example, the demand today are not as large objects and rooms in communal apartments. Valery Boychuk, Director General of the Academy "Lawyer": - Cheap apartments of economy class are selling fast, and their exposure time is often less than one month. Much less demand for two-bedroom apartment, which is explained by their higher cost. In terms of square meter in the "treshke" is cheaper, but buyers still in the lead supporters of the easiest options. I suggest solving the housing problem, use the maximum capacity - it can be a mortgage (now again have the opportunity to choose the most favorable conditions), and the use of public subsidy plus loan. Our company specializes in such "complex" transactions, so I recommend to combine methods of achieving the goal, until the situation allows it. Maxim Chernov, Director General of the Academy "Aveks-Moscow", Chairman of the Committee on Information Technology and ARSPb LO: - Most real estate market is very high compared to what happened the last two years. An increasing number of requests and responses for each ad. You can say that the demand for real estate acquisition finally corresponds to the proposal of the exhibited objects at the market. But first, as before, the demand is the cheapest - 1-2 bedroom apartments in residential areas in the "Khrushchev" or "ships". In the market these apartments depending on the area are between 2500 rubles. Buyers want to pay attention to what you need to be wary of "suspiciously cheap" options. When a property is sold at below market price, it may be automatically recorded in the "risk" and the purchase must be preceded by serious scrutiny. Natalia Lavrov, Executive Director of "Darko" - Apartments in buildings 137 series demand buyers used to buy mortgages. Banks now offer a wide range of mortgage programs, many banks lifted Commission extended borrowers age 75 years. That is, almost every working citizen has the opportunity to find its program to address the housing problems. The cost of these one-bedroom apartments on the average 2700-3000 rubles. It is extremely bad now sold the room, and their choice is huge! I would say that such a purchase simply obsolete, that is, the majority of people not willing to live in communal apartments. Indeed, in the courtyard of the 21st century! Olga Myagkova, manager of the Academy "KOLVEY" - Speaking of the real estate market as a whole, the situation has now stabilized at him, a slow drop in prices, which lasted about two years, was completed. In our opinion, in the near future, while maintaining the current macroeconomic situation, the incipient continue modest growth. The prices for residential real estate market in St. Petersburg lags behind inflation. Demand for residential real estate came to life, but it is offset by increased supply. Most in demand is property of economy class. People are willing to abandon the inner city for the sake of convenience and modern housing estates on the periphery. In the sector of the country real estate need to take into account the seasonal rise. It gradually increases the activity, and this justified a certain increase in prices and a large number of proposals. In general, in the near future the market will be located in a moderately stable state, against which the observed recovery indicates trend towards growth and recovery of the real estate market. Yuriy Polischuk, Director General of the Academy "Nevsky Alliance": - The demand for housing "wavy" - a week is better, worse week. In high demand are 1-2 room apartments, and 3-4 and multiroom - no, especially those that are less than 3 years of ownership. Prices, we believe that in the coming months will rise slightly. Due to the fact that the number of transactions still increased compared to last month, we can say that the prognosis for good agencies. Still, demand far exceeds supply, as evidenced by are "inflated" database and directories. Alexander Ginovker, CEO of the Academy "Nevsky space" - At the moment, the real estate market of St. Petersburg is a tendency to raise prices. This, according to realtors, there is not only in our city, but throughout Russia. Most items are in demand of an economy class. They are on sale now slower than before the crisis - the exposure time increased up to 2-3 months - but faster than a luxury property and business-class apartments. Buyers are primarily interested in apartments in the new houses of brick or brick monolith, and preferably in the metro. The business class stagnation continues, but if the price of the object reaches an acceptable mark, the apartment is purchased very quickly. No demand for objects that are exposed to the real estate market in the pre-crisis prices. Most often it is a business-class facilities and elite real estate. That is, those sellers who are not in a hurry to sell his apartment. Buyers today are more picky, so all the facilities that are adequate for the "price-quality" long on the market are not delayed.