Women Queue for Kazakhstan’s Umai Mortgages Amid Questions Over Affordability

The Times of Central Asia6 November 2026, 11:53 UTCKazakhstan

Women gathered outside a branch of Kazakhstan’s Otbasy Bank in Almaty’s Zhetysu neighborhood early on November 3, hoping to secure

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