Bringing this to market

Last year the city built 4.8 million sq. meters of housing. The trouble is that this growth - not just growth. Much of the new buildings rose on the site of the demolished 0.7 million square. m five-story building, old and dilapidated houses. Their residents (IDPs) had to pay about 1.1 million sq. m built. This is understandable: many families enjoying the apartment on the so-called social contract of employment (non-privatized apartments "), short of health of 18 kv. m per person. When submitting a new council flat disadvantage to be filled.

But for homeowners (privatized) health standards do not apply, but they decided "to throw" a few extra feet, otherwise the amount of litigation would increase by an order ( "I do not want in your new building, period!"). In general, after the investment obligations of the developer remaining 3.7 million sq. m.400 ths. m in 2006 got waiting for about 300 thousand square meters. m - participants in urban social programs of the mortgage and the Young family - dostupnoezhile. Those and others - also waiting, but agreed to get an apartment for an early pay for it on concessional terms (the closer to the end of the queue, the more attractive terms). Thus, by the construction for the year remained 2.7 million sq. m.

There is a city and other obligations, since Chernobyl, northerners and alumni orphanages and ending with certain "members of the federal government and some other, quite incomprehensible, individual categories of citizens."

Thus, in the free sale received even less than 2.7 million sq. m. Well, if half of the constructed 4.8 million square. m.Konechno, market-based pricing is much more complicated formula: "In about half of the goods - twice the price." If the market formed a bubble, even a small commodity intervention that can crash the market. But under severe price "will not notice" and a massive commercial release. However, let us to believe in the word of officials and developers, who say: no "bubble" in the capital's real estate market there.

In winter 2006/07, a sharp drop in prices has not happened. Rather, they were before this took off so high and fast, that did not have time to fix in mind, therefore, very substantial decline in the other conditions are hardly noticeable (and in fact in a bad economy class it is about 10% or more). At least realtors insists only on stabilization. And the deficit proposal (for the effective demand) is also not observed. In general, today's prices are quite natural. While no less ugly.

Nice house, beautiful wife - what more does a man need?

Waiting in Moscow, 190-200 thousand families, or about 640 thousand people. These are families where the person responsible for up to 10 kV. m (ie, almost half of sanitary norms). A total waiting list of about 6% of Muscovites. As mentioned above, 1 million square feet. m constructed in the past year has left home to fulfill the obligations of the city in front of the waiting - either directly or through a program of social mortgage and a young family. And only about 2,5 million sq. km. m were freely available. In this figure waiting in the queue stubbornly kept at around 19-20 years. Capital authorities vowed to reduce. But how? Here are a couple of recent quotes.

It's not terrible, if one listens to the Council and mayor must build more. But how much? Also build more, according to the mayor, and the need to "bring down prices." Hence, and this trend has not been forgotten by the authorities. Nakinem to the current 2.5 million commercial square. m at least 1 million And where to build? Obviously, in place devyatietazhek (talk about this been going on for a long time).

How in this case would have to give immigrants from devyatietazhek? Of course, not the current 1.1 million sq. I am, alas, not 2 million, but rather 3-4 million (not only because of the nine more residents than the five-story buildings, but also because if there is no free land doubles the amount of construction and then demolished, respectively more).

Naturally, we must not forget the obligations to employees of federal departments and talented scientists. In other words, Moscow will be put in operation to 10 million square feet. m per year? Today, many do not get: "There is no land."

Not tidbit

Maybe it really is, and the flywheel, which was broken up with such zeal, is about to be smashed to pieces. Some of this is probably anticipating. For example, the company Inteko more In 2005 the group sold its plant PIK panel construction (DSC-3), and then the cement company. According to the plans Inteko, by 2010 over half the profits from real estate she will not give construction, and management of hotels, renting offices, etc.

Incidentally, in November last year, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that the capital will increase the number of tenements that had previously been legally banned, but "now, this institution, we will introduce the most active way." And in January this year, noted the need to "shift the psychological priorities Muscovites with the purchase of houses on its lease.

Once again, by the way. " Neighborhood Volgograd in the former state farm "Gorkovets (Okskaya ul-Volgograd Avenue) built PIC and Inteko. According to the head of the department of housing policy and housing Prefectural South-Eastern District Roslyakova Valentina, the proportion of the city in this project was not the usual 30%, while only 5%. Why? No direct answer, but often such indulgences are associated with a large volume of work "to restructure the industrial zone." In a speech at the inauguration of the first stage of the head of the neighborhood of the capital building complex Vladimir Resin said that this territory withdrawn dozens of "industrial facilities". As it happened, except for apple and pear trees at the farm, there were only dozens of hives and dozens of dilapidated greenhouses. What exactly had in mind, Mr. Resin is not entirely clear.

In this case, for us it is important that this company in this project contributed to the waiting list (settlers from the territory of the farm were not there) and the resettlement area, not 30%, while only 5% of the area.

Let encroach on the sacred

So, about political correctness in relation to the waiting list. Actually, two questions arise. Slightly more than 6% of Muscovites - waiting. Slightly more than 8% are able to buy an apartment with your own or borrowed funds (and, of course, already have them). What do the rest 85%, which were separated from the real estate market? Normal? A rhetorical question.

Today, Moscow authorities offer some steps to remedy the situation. Here and back-up sales in new buildings only to Muscovites for a certain period (called a period of three months from the commencement of sales), and preference to developers who provide price incentives for Muscovites. It is hard to imagine that the city government will seriously counting on the success of these measures.

It is clear that these acts, when they will receive statutory authority will be challenged in court. Neither criminal nor personal financial responsibility to initiate such legal action shall not be - why would once again do not shrug and not nod in the direction of those who "put a stick in the wheel of the Moscow government, which works tirelessly to ..."? If the decision in any way be held, there is no hope of that ordinary Muscovites will be able to take advantage. Organize a structure having a base of tens or hundreds of Muscovites, who will buy the new building within a few minutes from the beginning of sales - it penny. Obviously, these "penny" will be added to the actual selling price, or rather, re-sale. You will see another kind of business, another mediator in the way of the buyer to the apartment - the usual case.

Second question: how many of the 200 thousand families waiting in Moscow are really poor and needy? Alas, no reliable information on this subject no. It remains to "take the money in other people's pockets" by examples.

Middle managers. Married with a child, a spacious apartment in a prestigious area. In the less prestigious area in the "Khrushchev" - non-privatized apartment elderly parents, which are also included ... he and the child. The end of the queue is three or four years. From the social mortgage flatly refuses and, incidentally, touching concern for the health of parents. Indeed, well, who, in sober mind, and blessed memory, will miss the fact that the very floats in your hands?

Teachers of secondary schools are not very safe area (no, he had to shelter all right - 10,5 square. M per person), when a dispute arose spontaneously, the class of "come in large numbers", he asked how many families rent a "second" flat. 13 pupils out of 33 raised their hands. And then he asked how many families are in the queue for public housing - six hands. Of these, two - those who donate a "second" flat. One apartment on my grandmother, "the other -" to his grandfather, is now awaiting a third. Not so rare painting.

And very funny case when the official is not a low-ranking office, adjacent to the building, talking, confidentially reported that "he stands in the queue" to improve housing conditions. Perhaps he meant something else. But he said just that.

There are dozens of similar examples. They do not prove - it just examples. Prefectures periodically "wool" waiting for the real estate, decorated in their property. Every year, these naive and arrogant people excluded from the queue more than ten. But the ranks immediately replenished. In addition, we understand that a naive Russians, who comes to mind, being in the queue to register over another apartment, have at least a dozen people who find a reasonable solution.

Moscow - a city of contrasts

Income 10% of the richest and poorest 10% in the city differ in 50 times, twice Russia's total (in European countries, the gap is different in the four to seven times). In Moscow there are many families, particularly large or having in their composition with disabilities and chronic patients, who may rely on the support of the authorities.

Annual purchase of a city hundreds of thousands of square meters for the performance of social obligations, of course, will affect market prices. But this influence, the less transparent procedures for the acquisition. Moreover, even "loss" market of 10-15% of residential properties can be useful for him! There are lots of reasons that neither the developer does not want to spoil relations with the city authorities.

If the preparation and conduct of the auction, in which the city buys sotszhile will be the number one event for urban media, if we can prevent even the slightest risk of collusion seller (its product) and the buyer (for the city's money), if the buyer would have to be accountable for every ruble, and the seller -- explain why he wants to get to the city for his home two times more than the same house is worth about 80 km from Moscow, the price of 1 square. m sotszhilya become a new standard, which will have to take into account all the other sellers.