The Far East is showing more housing than a year ago, even though volumes were down across the country Developers in the Far Eastern Federal District showed 38% more multi-apartment housing in the first nine months of 2026 than a year earlier, while in Russia the increase was 3%, according to data from the Far East and Arctic Development Company. Total orders in the district, including private homes, increased by 6.8% in January-August to 3.07 million square meters. m, and in the whole country it decreased by 14%. An order for housing in Primorye in the months of January-September amounted to 1.11 million square meters. m., about a third of the total volume of the district. In Kyotia, Khabarovsk Territory and Buryatia, the activity during that period ranged from 525 to 550 thousand square meters. m in each area. In the Trans-Baikal territory, the order amounted to 249 thousand square meters. m, in the Amur region 226 thousand, 15% more than a year before. Sakhalin region, Kamchatka region, Chukotka, EAO and Magdan region, according to January-August data, together accounted for about 230 thousand square meters. m, and in Chukotka the volume increased almost eightfold. Each resident of the district currently has 0.9 square meters. square meters of housing under construction at a national average of 0.8 square meters. from. Since 2020, residents have bought almost every second apartment in new buildings in the Far East using the "Far East Mortgage", under which banks issued 195,800 loans worth 1.03 trillion rubles in the Far East Federal District.