Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by UralTransBank to non-profit NGOs for 1 to 3 years goes down 35.4% (from 15.307 million RUR to 9.889 million RUR) in January-October 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Sverdlovsk Gubernskiy Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for over 3 years went down by 81.23% (from 586.125 million RUR to 110 million RUR) in January-October 2007.

Sverdlovsk Region’s first mortgage was given to the Larionovs, a local family, on November 27, 2003. This mortgage was coordinated by the regional Mortgage Lending Agency and SKB-Bank, thus making the latter a mortgage lending pioneer of the Urals. Over the next four years, the region’s mortgage market mechanisms grew to be fully functional and made it possible for the local citizens to improve their living conditions. Besides, mortgages keep receiving a great deal of governmental support, which has already led to the interest rates going down a few times. SKB-Bank began with an 18% annual

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by SberInvestBank to natural persons for 181 days to 1 year went down by 53.97% (from 6.331 million RUR to 2.914 million RUR) in January-October 2007.

Sverdlovsk Region’s First Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Galina Pakhalchak made a report on the state environmental monitoring of the region. The Ministry and the Environmental Monitoring Center inspected 1,416 businesses and organizations between March 2006 and October 2007. As a result, 924 administrative suits were filed against a number of environmental offenders. The spokesperson for the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region reports the activity of enterprises believed to be doing particularly a lot of harm to the environment is investigated by a special governmental committee. This year,

Those willing to buy a shareholding of Koltsovo-Invest that currently belongs to Sverdlovsk Region Government can send in their bids. The opening bid for the holding (25% and one share) has been determined at 249 million RUR. Bids will be accepted up to December 20, 2007, the auction itself will take place on December 24, 2007. The decision to sell the business was taken by the region’s Legislative Assembly as part of the new legislation on the management of state-run property in 2007.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, volume of loans given by Ural Innovational Commercial Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for 1 to 3 years went down by 23.59% (from 100.429 million RUR to 76.74 million RUR) in January-October 2007.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Tagilbank to sole traders for 31 to 90 days went down by 100% (from 3 million RUR to zero) in January-October 2007.

Ural Treasures Bank came up with a special A Step Forward offer for its customers valid on December 4-17, 2007. The offer is available in all of the bank’s offices, excluding additional ones in Nizhniy Tagil, Novouralsk, Serov, and a subsidiary in Kurgan. The offer gives the bank’s borrowers (those who delayed a payment in terms of the main sum, the interest, or the commission) a chance to make the payments without any delay penalty. One just has to fill in an application to pay part of one’s debt or the whole sum.

Central Bank of Russia reports volume of loans given by Pervouralsk Joint Stock Bank to for-profit self-regulatory organizations for over 3 years went down by 26.44% (from 8 million RUR to 5. 885 million RUR) in January-October 2007.