In the North Caucasus, an ordinary family is forced to save up for secondary housing for more than 10 years

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a family with one child, in which parents receive an average salary, will be able to save up for a standard apartment of 60 square meters without debts and loans. m (secondary market) for 13.5 years. According to the RIA Rating agency, the situation is worse than in the KBR only in Sevastopol (14.2 years).

Karachay-Cherkessia is 81st in the ranking (12.8 years), Chechnya is 79th (11.8 years), Dagestan is 78th (11.4 years), Ingushetia is 77th ( 10.4 years), on the 70th - North Ossetia (8.7 years), on the 60th - the Stavropol Territory (7.3 years). The Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Magadan Region (2.6 years), as well as Yamal (2.7 years) were named leaders.

The data of Rosstat and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation were used in the calculation. It was assumed that a family of two parents with an average salary in the region, in order to save up for an apartment, uses all the funds that remain after living expenses (regional living wages are taken) and savings in the form of deposits in banks.

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