During the session, using the Kazan agglomeration as an example, we will discuss the situation typical for most regions: trends and problems faced by urban planners, developers and residents. We will consider the agglomeration's development plans and find out what developers and district heads think about them. Is the purchase of housing outside the city dictated by the desire to save money or is it a conscious choice of location with proximity to nature. What problems are faced by all market participants: town planners, developers, heads of districts, residents. What kind of agglomeration development is envisaged by the masterplan. Do developers want to develop these territories, are the heads of districts interested in it. How approaches to the development of territories have changed. How to create polycentres. What is primary: infrastructure or housing. Whether developers will ‘pull’ the infrastructure, whether infrastructure fees will help. Necessary and sufficient composition of social and commercial infrastructure for projects in agglomerations. Pendular migration - fight or facilitate. Successful examples of creating places of residence in agglomerations. How to attract a buyer in the existing conditions. Buying in agglomerations - a forced measure or a conscious choice. Urbanisation or Ruralisation - which wins. Review of best practices