“Izvestia” newspaper referring to the Ministry of Digital Development knowledgeableSince the conditions of the IT-mortgage program were adjusted, the number of applications began to increase actively. According to the Ministry, in February 2023, 4.7 thousand loan applications were made under the program, which is twice as much as in previous months.
According to the publication, the most active loans under the IT-mortgage program are Moscow and Moscow region, Sverdlovsk and Voronezh regions, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions, Perm and Krasnodar regions, as well as Tatarstan.
Process of lending to IT professionals by accredited companies under the updated preferential mortgage scheme started February 7, 2023. After updating the terms of the preferential mortgage program for IT employees, employees of a total of nearly 20,000 Russian companies will be able to use this program. The corresponding opportunity arose in people aged 18 to 50 years.
On February 24 this year, the government expanded the list of IT companies that have access to government support.