The State Duma suddenly began to worry about rising housing prices.
Volodin said that the cost of housing must be justified, it cannot grow 50% per year.
"Dear colleagues from the Ministry of Construction, the president assigned us the task so that the rates would be justified and the cost per square meter of housing would be justified. Therefore, come and justify these figures you claim, they cannot change by 50% from year to year."
He also emphasized that the increase in the cost of a square meter of housing means that people have to pay a large mortgage.
"These changes can only happen if the salary there increases by 50% for those who work in construction. This means that the growth of trees, metal, soil and other components there has also increased by 50%."
Nabiolina stated that citizens do not need affordable mortgages, but affordable housing.
"And the availability of housing depends not only on the interest rate, but also on the price per square meter," she pointed out wisely.
Preferred programs provided particularly affordable mortgage costs to its recipients, but this benefit was eaten up by rising prices, and those who did not qualify for preferred programs faced a decline in housing prices, the central bank chief said.
According to her, the path to affordable mortgages in the market is through low inflation, and preferential programs should be more targeted. Neviolina noted that mortgage issuance in the last 12 months amounted to 5.4 trillion rubles.