At the beginning of 2023, Russians began to actively acquire real estate abroad. Demand for such purchases increased by a third (36%) compared to the same period last year. Such data is provided by Intermark Real Estate analysts in their work. red blood cell.
According to research, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) has become the most popular among citizens of the Russian Federation. Thailand is second and Türkiye is third.
“Dubai attracts Russians with its favorable taxation, stable economic growth and neutral status regarding political events,” said Irina Mosheva, partner of Intermark Real Estate.
In addition, in the first half of the year, the number of housing transactions from Russia in Thailand increased by 2.6 times compared to the same period of the previous year. Russians bought one third more real estate in Turkey than in 2022.
The leaders in demand growth have been the Caribbean and Vanuatu. According to the study, in the January-June period of this year, Russians bought 2.4 times more properties in the Caribbean than in the first six months of last year, and the number of requests to buy housing in Vanuatu tripled.
Before that, the Kommersant newspaper WroteHe said that in January-March 2023, Russian demand to buy real estate in Thailand increased by 57% year-on-year, and by 39% in Indonesia.
Russian demand for foreign real estate purchases before augmented More than double by 2022.