Tsian analysts found out how many square meters in the secondary market can be bought with an average annual income in large cities in Russia, and how this figure has changed over the past 5 years.
In 2026, in large cities in Russia, the average annual income can buy 7.3 square meters. in the secondary market.
The most profitable "squares" among the analyzed locations are in Novokuznetsk (the average annual income can buy 10.6 square meters), Liptsk (9.4 square meters), Tyumen (9.3 square meters), Orenburg (8.9 square meters) and Astrakhan (8.6 square meters). In Tioman this is due to high salaries (6th place among the analyzed cities), in other places. with low prices in the housing market (among the top five cities with the lowest prices among the analyzed cities).
The most inaccessible "squares" are in Sochi (with an average annual income in the city you can buy only 3.2 square meters), St. Petersburg (4.6 square meters), Moscow (4.8 square meters), Kazan (5.4 square meters). ) and Nizhny Novgorod (5.9 square meters). These cities lead in terms of prices in the secondary market.
"High salaries do not always lead to a better housing option. For example, in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan, incomes are higher than in most large cities, but expensive "squares" offset this advantage. At the same time, in several regional centers it is not so much the level of income that makes it possible to buy more meters, but rather the relatively low cost of real estate.
5 years ago, the average annual income in the analyzed cities could buy less square meters - 6.7. Prices in the secondary market during this period increased by 69% on average, and wages on average by 87%. those. Housing has become a little cheaper for buyers. The maximum increase in area was recorded in Krasnodar and Novokuznetsk - +2.3 and +2 square meters. And in 5 cities - Tolyatti, Cheboksary, Kirov, Saratov and Chelyabinsk - on the contrary, in 2026 you can buy fewer meters than in 2021 - where, during the last 5 years, the secondary sale price has risen particularly strongly (2-2.3 times).