OREANDA-NEWS Against the background of the reduction in the key interest rate, Russians began to consider the purchase of office space as a way to generate passive income. About this "Newspaper.Ru," said Evgeny Mezhevikin, Marketing Director at OCTOBER GROUP.

He explained that not only businessmen with the status of an individual entrepreneur (IE), but also ordinary people can buy commercial space today. It is among private individuals that an increase in the number of transactions with office space in Moscow is being recorded.

Developers, sensing the demand for offices from individuals, began to offer small office space, said Mezhevikin. In 2025, transactions with office space of less than 100 square meters accounted for about 30 percent of the total, which is 10 percentage points higher than in 2024.

Earlier, Natalia Kuznetsova, Deputy General Director for residential real estate at Ricci, urged not to wait for prices for new buildings in Moscow to fall. According to the expert, interest in buying apartments under construction in the Moscow region has decreased by 31 percent, while prices are rising and may continue to rise in the future.