This is the first edition in BMI's new series of reports on real-estate sectors around the world. We have sought to incorporate data and insights from our reports on infrastructure and commercial banking - as well as our own forecasts for the economies of the various countries that we survey. Key issues - Russia We suggest that the following are
the key issues to monitor for the real estate sector in the coming year or so: The absolute level of construction in Russia is a major positive factor for the real-estate sector. Any substantial weakening in activity would be a major negative factor. Growth in bank lending; one reason is an anticipation of continued strong growth. Any sign of b
