House Sales Statistics, April 2019
In April 2019, 84 403 houses were sold in Turkey
In Turkey, house sales decreased by 18.1% in April 2019 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 84 403. For the house sales of April 2019, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 18.3% and 15 481 sold house. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 7 519 house sales and İzmir 4 797 house sales with the share of 8.9% and 5.7% respectively. The least house sold provinces were Hakkari with 6 house sales, Ardahan with 13 house sales, Bayburt with 32 house sales.
Number of house sales, 2018-2019
In April 2019, 10 793 ownership of the houses changed by mortgage sales
The mortgaged house sales throughout Turkey became 10 793 by decreasing 61.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. House sales with mortgage had a 12.8% share of all house sales in Turkey. Most of house sales with mortgage was in İstanbul with 2 040 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that has most house sales with mortgage share with 18.9%. Mortgaged house sales had the highest share in Artvin with 27.4% of all house sales.
Ownership of 73 610 houses changed by other sales
Other house sales in Turkey became 73 610 by decreasing 2.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the other sales, İstanbul was the first province with 13 441 sales and 18.3% share. Other house sales had 86.8% share of all house sales in İstanbul. Ankara was the second province with 6 258 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 4 175 sales. The least other house sales was realized in Hakkari with 6 house sales.
House sales by type of sales, April 2019
House sales by state of sales, April 2019
In house sales, 33 443 of houses were sold for the first time
First house sales in Turkey became 33 443 by decreasing 29.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 39.6% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 6 424 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 19.2%. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 2 429 house sales and İzmir with 1 900 house sales.
Ownership of 50 960 houses changed by second hand sales
Second hand house sales in Turkey became 50 960 by decreasing 8.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the second hand sales, İstanbul was the first province again with 9 057 sales and 17.8% share. Share of the second hand sales was 58.5% in İstanbul in total house sales. Ankara was the second province with 5 090 sales and Ankara was followed by İzmir with 2 897 sales.
In April 2019, 3 720 houses were sold to foreigners
In house sales to foreigners became 3 720 by increasing 82.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. İstanbul was the first province with 1 839 sales in April 2019. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 676 house sales, Ankara with 210 house sales, Bursa with 201 house sales and Yalova with 142 house sales.
Most house sales were made to Iraq citizens according to country nationalities
Iraq citizens bought 533 houses from Turkey in April. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 395 house sales, Iran with 332 house sales, Kuwait and Russia with 202 house sales.
The next release on this subject will be on June 17, 2019.
Source: TÜİK
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