In October 2026, sales of apartments in new buildings in Russia fell by 29.7% in annual terms, to 1.9 million square meters. m, writes Kommersant with reference to datavolume. The total revenue of developers in the month decreased by 24.9% and reached 406.58 billion rubles. According to the estimates of the DomRF center, in the ten largest regions in terms of construction volume, housing sales decreased by 36%. Especially in Moscow, sales fell by 43% against a backdrop of a 54% drop in demand for mortgages, in St. Petersburg the number fell by 29%.