In February 2017, 101 468 houses were sold in Turkey
In Turkey, house sales decreased by 0.2% in February 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 101 468. For the house sales of February 2017, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 17.5% and 17 783 sold house. The followers of Istanbul were Ankara with 11 274 house sales and 11.1% and İzmir 6 290 house sales and 6.2%. The least house sold provinces were Hakkari with 4 house sales, Ardahan with 7 house sales, Şırnak with 27 house sales.
Number of house sales, 2016-2017
In February 2017, 38 676 ownership of the houses changed by mortgage sales
The mortaged house sales throughout Turkey became 38 676 by increasing 27% compared to the same month of the previous year. House sales with mortgage had a 38.1% share of all house sales in Turkey. Most of house sales with mortgage was in İstanbul with 7 247 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that has most house sales with mortgage share with 18.7%. Mortgaged house sales had the highest share in Artvin with 58.3% of all house sales.
Ownership of 62 792 houses changed by other sales
Other house sales in Turkey became 62 792 by decreasing 11.9% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the other sales, İstanbul was the first province with 10 536 sales and 16.8% share. Other house sales had 59.2% share of all house sales in İstanbul. Ankara was the second province with 6 331 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 3 696 sales. The least other house sales was realized in Hakkari with 4 house sales.
House sales by type of sales, February 2017
House sales by state of sales, February 2017
In house sales, 45 215 of houses were sold for the first time
First house sales in Turkey became 45 215 by decreasing 4.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 44.6% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 8 514 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 18.8%. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 3 948 house sales and İzmir with 2 539 house sales.
Ownership of 56 253 houses changed by second hand sales
Second hand house sales in Turkey became 56 253 by increasing 3.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the second hand sales, İstanbul was the first province again with 9 269 sales and 16.5% share. Share of the second hand sales was 52.1% in İstanbul in total house sales. Ankara was the second province with 7 326 sales and Ankara was followed by İzmir with 3 751 sales.
In February 2017, 1 306 houses were sold to foreigners
In house sales to foreigners became 1 306 by decreasing 17.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. İstanbul was the first province with 458 sales in February 2017. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 279 house sales, Bursa with 119 house sales, Yalova with 62 house sales, Ankara with 59 house sales and Trabzon with 44 house sales.
Most house sales were made to Iraqi citizens according to country nationalities
Iraqi citizens bought 282 houses from Turkey in February. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 143 house sales, Kuwait with 114 house sales, Afghanistan with 81 house sales and Russia with 77 house sales.
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