OREANDA-NEWS Housing construction in Russia in June 2019 increased by 11.4% compared with the same month last year, and reached 5.9 million square meters. m, according to the operational report of Rosstat.

In January - June 2019, 30.1 million square meters were built. m of residential space, which is 3.7% more than in the first six months of 2018.

In total, in June 2019, 81.9 thousand apartments were built, and in January-June - 398.4 thousand.

In monetary terms, the volume of construction in June in comparable prices grew by 0.1% compared to June 2018 - up to 802 billion rubles, and in January-June - by 0.1%, to 3 trillion 542.8 billion rubles