The Liberal Democratic Party proposed to double the cumulative contribution on the military mortgage for the participants of its

On February 18, LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky sent a letter to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Andrei Belousov, with a proposal to double the mortgage savings account for soldiers of the special military operation (SVO). The text of the letter is at the disposal of Izvestia.

"In order to provide additional incentives to military personnel performing tasks in the area of a special military operation and to create preferential housing conditions for them, it is proposed to apply an increasing coefficient of 2.0 to each month of accruals during the period of direct service in the area of a special military operation," the letter says.

It is noted that the proposed mechanism involves doubling the amount of the cumulative contribution for each month a serviceman is in the zone of his military service. Thus, if a serviceman did not participate in combat operations in 2026, he will receive 411,184.9 rubles of savings in an account for the purchase of housing, while a fighter in the free military zone will be able to receive 822,369.8 rubles per year.

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Experts from the RedCat aggregator of new buildings reported on February 15 that by the end of January, demand for new buildings in Moscow and the Moscow region decreased by 49% compared to December and amounted to 7.74 thousand equity participation agreements. The main reasons were the traditional decline in consumer activity in January and a sharp surge in transactions at the end of 2025 amid expectations of tougher family mortgage conditions. The most noticeable drop in demand was recorded in the old borders of Moscow, where the number of transactions decreased by more than half, especially in the comfort and premium class segments. At the same time, New Moscow and the near Moscow region showed a more moderate decrease, and the share of mortgage transactions increased to 77.4%, reaching a maximum over the past year and a half.

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