Mortgages are back on the rise

According to the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, mortgage in Russia, which slowed down during the pandemic, like other types of lending, began to return to growth.

The main reasons for the growth were the decrease in interest rates and the state program of preferential mortgages. Almost half of all loans for purchase of an apartment were issued under the state program mortgages at 6.5 percent. In June alone, more than 100 billion rubles in loans were issued.

According to the Central Bank, retail loans increased by 1 percent in June after rising by 0.2 percent in May.

In total, over the first half of this year, loans to citizens increased by 4.1 percent. This is much lower than in the first half of last year - then it was 9.7 percent, Nabiullina noted.

in Russia fell in May immediately by 0.9 percentage points - to a new historical low of 7.4 percent.