“Currently we do not see any expediency in toughening the allowances, but we continue to monitor,” RIA Novosti quotes Danilova.

Earlier, Elizaveta Danilova said that the Bank of Russia is in favor of gradually phasing out preferential mortgages at 6.5%.

President of the Association of Russian Banks Garegin Tosunyan, in an interview with NSN, commented on the proposal to provide citizens living in dilapidated and hazardous housing with a mortgage with a rate of no more than 3%.