OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2010. Sviaz-Bank has been listed again by the RealtyPress.ru portal among banks offering the best mortgage programs on the secondary real property market, placing 13th among mortgage banks in November 2010, a notch up on the top list from last October, reported the press-centre of Sviaz-Bank.

The rankings were based on banks’ programs for housing purchases in the secondary market for Russian rubles. Five criteria were used to compare the programs, in particular, minimum down payment, maximum mortgage period, maximum mortgage amount, interest rate, and Forbes reliability rating.

The introduction to the ranking results says, “The last few months of the year are by tradition a period of the borrowers’ highest activity in the mortgage market that energizes the banks as well.”