Subsidies for the crisis in mortgage rates in the primary market, a steady rise in prices and changing consumer preferences have hit on one of the most liquid segments in the Moscow market of new buildings — one-bedroom apartments. Their share in the structure of eroded sales: buyers with low budgets pereorientirovanija in the Studio, while everyone else had the opportunity to consider to buy bigger flats. This situation may force developers to raise prices on two bedroom homes.One-bedroom apartments were the most affected segment of the residential market during the crisis period, according to the “ABC of housing”. The company, at the end of the first half of 2020, the number of contracts equity (DDU) of such lots in the mass segment decreased by 34% (to 4.4 million), while the General decline in the number of transactions is estimated at 28%. The least affected apartments with four and more rooms, which has sales even increased by 2%, to 289 apartments.Most affected odnushki in residential complexes business class, found in the “ABC of housing”. With these conclusions agree and “Metrium”. They point out that now in the segment of business class, the share of one-bedroom apartments account for 17% of transactions, it is 9 percentage points less than the same value last year. In the mass housing market, their share eroded from 37% to 32%. Share two-bedroom apartments increased from 35% to 40% and from 33% to 39% respectively.A similar trend was noticed and the developers. According to marketing Director Level Group Oleksandra Makinoi, if in April the share of one-bedroom apartments in the sales structure amounted to 39%, in may eroded to 27%. The share of two lots, in contrast, has increased from 30-40% to 55-65%. The expert connects this trend with the launch of the subsidy program mortgage allowing you to buy bigger flats. Director of sales Department GK “Grenelle” Rustam Arslanov makes similar conclusions, noting a drop in demand not only for one-bedroom apartments. He adds that due to high demand, the cost of one-bedroom apartments grew faster than two and three. In the end, the difference between these two indicators was significant.In GK A101 note the increase in the area of lots sold in the projects of business class in average by 10% over the past six months.Deputy General Director MR Group Irina Dzyuba until said shift of demand in favor of two-bedroom apartments, but waiting on the background of reducing the cost of lending. One of the interlocutors “Kommersant” in the real estate market does not exclude that the developers are deprived of opportunities to change the planning of their projects, to maintain the shifted demand will raise prices on two and three bedroom apartments.At the same time competitionYu one-room apartments began to create the Studio, but only in business class. In this segment in the first half was concluded 729 POS, which is 23% more than in the same period of 2019, according to the “ABC of housing”. Analysts attribute the increased interest to the studios with a General decline in people’s incomes options such as a rule, are cheaper and are more affordable. At the same time, the demand for Studio projects in the mass segment decreased by 23% (1.3 thousand DDU).The increasing interest in one-bedroom apartments can be traced on the secondary market. According to estimates of the chief analysts GC “MIEL” Catherine Beregovoy, their share in the structure of sales in June amounted to 38% against 30% earlier in the year. But the proportion of one-room remains stable at 34%. The redistribution proposals in favor of two-bedroom apartments is due to the decline of interest in housing the greater area. Enduring popularity of one-bedroom apartments Mrs. Berezhnova associated with the presence of a large array and a relatively low budget.Alexandra Mertsalova
