Housing delivery in 2026: half-year results for Russia and regions
For January–June 2026 in Russia 42.8 million sq. meters of housing were delivered. A year earlier for the same period it was 52.2 million, so the decline was 18.0%. At the same time developers handed over more than in the first half of 2025. All the decrease fell on private houses that people build themselves: their area shrank by almost a third. Below we examine the month‑by‑month dynamics, the contribution of single‑family homes and apartment buildings, districts and regions. All figures are taken from Rosstat's operational data, each chart has an interactive version on the website.
How much housing was commissioned in 2026
Rosstat publishes housing commissioning on a cumulative basis from the start of the year, for each region and separately for houses built by the population. The latest release on the website covers January–June 2026:
| Period | 2025, million sq. m | 2026, million sq. m | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0 | 8.0 | −26.7% |
| January–February | 21.4 | 14.8 | −30.9% |
| January–March | 32.0 | 23.0 | −28.2% |
| January–April | 38.7 | 29.4 | −24.0% |
| January–May | 44.7 | 35.0 | −21.7% |
| January–June | 52.2 | 42.8 | −18.0% |
The deepest drop was in February: then 2026 lagged behind the previous year by almost a third. Afterwards the gap began to shrink. The table for each subject for the half‑year is in the dataset construction of residential buildings by Russian Federation subjects, January–June, and for January–April in the adjacent release.
An important note from Rosstat's footnote: data for 2026 are presented without the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Housing commissioning by month
If you subtract each cumulative total from the previous one, you get the commissioning for the individual month. The first quarter of 2026 delivered 6.7–8.2 million sq. meters per month compared with 10.4–11.0 million the year before. From April onward the figures almost matched: 6.5 million versus 6.7 million in April, 5.5 million versus 5.9 million in May. In June 7.8 million sq. meters were commissioned, which is even more than in June 2025 (7.5 million).
It turns out that the entire negative gap was accumulated in winter and early spring. The spring and summer months are on par with the previous year.
Who builds less: the population or developers
Rosstat splits housing completions into two parts. The first is completed by the population with their own and borrowed money: mainly private houses, individual housing construction (IzhS). The second is completed by organizations: multi‑apartment buildings by developers and everything else that is not built by private individuals.
The results for the first half‑year for these parts diverge in opposite directions:
- the population completed 26.6 million sq. m versus 37.3 million a year earlier, minus 28.6%;
- organizations completed 16.1 million sq. m versus 14.9 million, plus 8.5%.
The share of private houses in the half‑year completions fell from 71.5% to 62.3%. Month‑by‑month this is even clearer. In January–March 2026 the population completed 4.6–5.7 million sq. m per month, compared with 7.8–8.5 million a year earlier. Organizations in the same months stayed at last year’s level or slightly above: in March 3.2 million versus 2.8 million.
A private house enters the statistics when its ownership is registered. Therefore the flow of individual housing construction also depends on when owners complete registration, not only on the building itself. At the beginning of 2025 the population completed about 8 million sq. m per month, and against such a base the current decline looks especially sharp.
Why the first half‑year does not show the whole year
Developers hand over houses unevenly, and most of their completions occur at the end of the year. In 2025 the first half‑year accounted for 48% of the annual total, while organizations contributed only a third: 14.9 million sq. m of 44.6 million. The whole of 2025 ended with 108.1 million sq. m, of which 63.5 million (58.8%) were built by the population. A detailed series from 1990 onward is discussed in the article housing completions in Russia by year, and annual figures by region are collected in the dataset total floor area of residential buildings by region.
Therefore the minus 18% for the half‑year cannot simply be applied to the entire 2026 year. Multi‑apartment buildings are growing, and their main hand‑over is still ahead.
Housing delivery by federal districts
It fell in all eight districts, but very differently. The Siberian district declined the most, minus 32.0%, the Far Eastern and North Caucasus districts declined the least, minus 2.5% and 3.1%.
Within the numbers the story is the same as for the country as a whole. In the Ural district private construction fell by 39.6%, while organizations delivered 2.1 million square meters against 1.3 million a year earlier. In the Central district the population built 32.9% less, and organizations handed over 5.2 million square meters against 4.5 million. In the North Caucasus residential construction hardly changed (minus 0.6%), so the overall total there is almost at last year’s level.
Housing delivery by region in 2026
The top spot for the half‑year goes to Moscow Oblast: 4.4 million sq m. That is 33.5% less than a year earlier (6.6 million), and the reason is the same: private houses account for 79% of the delivery in the Moscow region. Moscow is second with 2.8 million sq m and increased by 9.1%. In the capital almost everything is built by organisations, amounting to 5.7% per capita.
Top ten for January–June 2026:
- Moscow Oblast: 4,421.9 thousand sq m;
- Moscow: 2,800.0 thousand;
- Tatarstan: 2,263.4 thousand;
- Leningrad Oblast: 2,038.2 thousand;
- Sverdlovsk Oblast: 1,972.6 thousand;
- Tyumen Oblast: 1,240.4 thousand;
- Rostov Oblast: 1,138.7 thousand;
- Chechen Republic: 962.5 thousand;
- Stavropol Krai: 935.3 thousand;
- Bashkortostan: 905.3 thousand.
More details on each leader: housing delivery in Moscow, in Moscow Oblast, in Tatarstan. The position of any subject in the annual data can be seen in the regional housing delivery ranking.
Where delivery grew and where it fell the most
Fewer than two dozen regions managed to add to the previous year. Among the notable by volume:
- Chechen Republic: plus 34.1%;
- Primorsky Krai: plus 21.7%;
- Sverdlovsk Oblast: plus 20.0%, here organisations delivered 1.07 million sq m against 0.46 million a year earlier;
- Samara Oblast: plus 17.9%;
- Dagestan: plus 15.2%.
The deepest drops: Tyva (77.1 thousand sq m versus 357.2 thousand, minus 78.4%), Saint Petersburg (626.6 thousand versus 1,251.9 thousand, half as much), Irkutsk Oblast (minus 48.0%), Vologda (minus 43.9%), Voronezh (minus 37.9%). In St Petersburg private houses account for about one seventh of the delivery (87.3 thousand sq m for the half‑year), so the decline there mainly concerns multi‑apartment construction.
Questions and Answers
How much housing was built in Russia in 2026?
According to the latest Rosstat data, 42.8 million square meters of total area were commissioned in January–June 2026. Of this, the population built 26.6 million, and organizations handed over 16.1 million. Rosstat will publish the annual total at the beginning of 2027.
Did housing commissioning in 2026 fall or rise?
The total volume fell by 18.0% compared to the first half of 2025. But only the commissioning of private houses fell, by 28.6%. Multi‑apartment and other construction by organizations rose by 8.5%.
Which region builds the most housing?
Moscow Oblast: 4.4 million square meters in the first half of 2026. Next are Moscow (2.8 million) and Tatarstan (2.3 million).
What is housing commissioning and how does Rosstat calculate it?
It is the total area of residential premises in buildings that were accepted into operation during the period. A multi‑apartment building enters the statistics after a commissioning permit, a private house after registration of the right. The area is measured in square meters, and the data are published as a cumulative total from the start of the year.
Where to see housing commissioning by year?
On the page housing commissioning by year a series for Russia is collected. The record so far is for 2023: 110.4 million square meters. In 2024, 107.8 million were commissioned, in 2025 – 108.1 million.
In Brief
- In January–June 2026, Russia commissioned 42.8 million square meters of housing, 18.0% less than a year earlier.
- The whole decline was due to private houses: minus 28.6%. Organizations handed over 8.5% more.
- The lag was accumulated in January–March; from April, monthly commissioning was almost equal to the previous year, and in June it overtook it.
- Commissioning fell in all federal districts, most sharply in Siberia (minus 32.0%).
- Leaders: Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Tatarstan. Moscow and Sverdlovsk Oblast added, Saint Petersburg commissioned twice less.