Over the past year, from March 2022 through the current month, the average cost of renting a room in Russian shared apartments rose by about 8 percent. The steepest increases were observed in Vladivostok, while the most noticeable decline appeared in Nizhny Tagil, according to statistical data compiled by World of Apartments analysts for RIA Real Estate.
Across the majority of Russian cities studied, 62 out of 70 locales, the typical price for a single room in a shared apartment has climbed over the period. The report notes that in March of this year only eight large settlements experienced a price drop compared with the same period in 2022.
Key price movements show that Vladivostok led with a substantial gain of 33 percent, followed by Magnitogorsk at 30 percent, Volzhsky at 29 percent, Ivanovo at 25 percent, Stavropol at 19 percent, Kemerovo at 19 percent, Yakutsk at 18 percent, Tomsk at 17 percent, Vladimir at 16 percent, and Irkutsk at 16 percent. In contrast, declines were recorded in Nizhny Tagil at minus 9 percent, Kaliningrad at minus 6 percent, Vladikavkaz at minus 5 percent, Moscow at minus 5 percent, Sevastopol at minus 2 percent, Kurgan at minus 2 percent, Cherepovets at minus 1 percent, and St. Petersburg at around minus 0.7 percent, according to the same data set.
In late January, the company Inkom-Nedvizhimost released statistical data indicating that by the end of 2022 the most affordable Moscow rentals were priced around 25 thousand rubles per month. Yet these budget options accounted for only a small share of the overall supply, totaling about 4.3 percent. The majority of listings fell within a broader range, with rental prices typically spanning 26,000 to 45,000 rubles per month, reflecting a wider spectrum of shared housing options available to renters in the capital. The trends underscore a fragmented market where affordability coexists with a substantial proportion of higher-priced rooms in Moscow and other major cities, highlighting regional disparities in rental costs across the country, as reported by market analysts.