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As part of the performance of the national project «Affordable and Comfortable Housing - Citizens of Russia», the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) has begun verifying the validity of the price of housing in Moscow, Moscow and St. Petersburg |
21/09/2006
Russian Prosecutor General's Office asked the Anti-Monopoly Service check compliance builders of antitrust law when determining the price on the built housing for possible price collusion .
"Materials procuratorial Oversight for the execution of the law in implementing the priority national project" Affordable Housing "indicates that one of the major problems impede the successful implementation of the project in Moscow and St. Petersburg, is unreasonably high growth prices for housing. In recent years, the cost of one square meter < EM> rose in a few times, "- said the press service of FAS.
Mr. Evraev noted that over the past year the price of living space in Moscow has doubled, and in the regions - a one and a half. "In Moscow, a square meter of housing is now worth about $ 4 thousand This is very much divorced from cost ", - he stressed.
The main task of government - to create conditions for a substantial increase in supply. "Then the market will go back to normal, and we will have prices that are not detached from cost in a few times, as we have now", - considers the representative FAS.
Among the causes of rising prices called the representative FAS inadequate housing in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as the fact that the earlier system of land distribution has been opaque. Michael Evraev recalled that auctions on the land was not until October 1 last year, and they are often distributed target. Because of this, there appeared local monopolies, where the plots are provided "close to the authorities" to companies, he added.
"Now comes the destruction of the local monopoly and move the construction business in the normal« transparent rails ». We think that this process should be completed shortly, and then, of course, we expect a substantial increase of the real estate market" - said Mr. Evraev.
representative FAS sure that the auctions on land not lead to further growth in housing prices: "In spite of the fact that auctions to a certain extent, reduce the income construction company, they provide all the construction companies an equal opportunity to participate and win. This will open the way for more construction companies that provide real-term price per square meter ", - said the official.
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