Аnalytics

Renting housing in Russia is a service which is in demand, though not liked by Russians. There are not many favourable offers on the market, and it is difficult to find them, therefore, purchase of one’s own housing is not just a fancy, but a necessity — obtaining independence from landlords’ decisions, rent increases, etc.

One of investment climate components is financing of infrastructure projects. In Russia the very condition of infrastructure is a reflection of investment climate: there are available sites and resources, but no infrastructure.

During several recent years participation of business angels in Russian investment projects has significantly increased. For example, according to the National Association of Business Angels, in 2013 activity of such investors, measured by the number of deals with their participation, grew 2.7 times, comparing to the previous year, while the average volume of investment on the part of one business angel exceeded 265 thousand dollars.

Industrial parks in Russia and European countries have different conditions for development: Europe is densely populated, while pristine, if one can still say so, forests and meadows are cherished by ecologists, bicyclers and the European Commission. Thus, local authorities rack their brains over effective ways to use existing land plots and receive higher profit, by creating brownfields and greenfields, which have been here for a hundred years. However, in Russia the first similar projects started to appear just ten years ago: we have enough land around cities, and following the USSR collapse there are numerous empty buildings.

The ruble fall, increasing inflation level, slow economic growth and unfavourable experts’ forecasts force many citizens to invest their savings in more stable assets or take loans in current prices. Real estate has always been the main direction for investment. In Soviet times people were used to unified standards — the same clothes, work, daily routine, flats and furniture. Nowadays Russian residential property market offers increasingly more variants, including those for small budgets.