24.08.2017
In March 2017, 128 923 houses were sold in Turkey
In Turkey, house sales increased by 10% in March 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 128 923. For the house sales of March 2017, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 17.4% and 22 443 sold house. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 15 004 house sales and 11.6% and İzmir 8 059 house sales and 6.3%. The least house sold provinces were Hakkari with 8 house sales, Ardahan with 12 house sales, Bayburt with 39 house sales.
Number of house sales, 2016-2017
In March 2017, 50 424 ownership of the houses changed by mortgage sales
The mortaged house sales throughout Turkey became 50 424 by increasing 29.9% compared to the same month of the previous year. House sales with mortgage had a 39.1% share of all house sales in Turkey. Most of house sales with mortgage was in İstanbul with 9 661 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that has most house sales with mortgage share with 19.2%. Mortgaged house sales had the highest share in Artvin with 59.1% of all house sales.
Ownership of 78 499 houses changed by other sales
Other house sales in Turkey became 78 499 by increasing 0.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the other sales, İstanbul was the first province with 12 782 sales and 16.3% share. Other house sales had 57% share of all house sales in İstanbul. Ankara was the second province with 8 525 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 4 667 sales. The least other house sales was realized in Hakkari and Ardahan with 5 house sales.
House sales by type of sales, March 2017
House sales by state of sales, March 2017
In house sales, 56 376 of houses were sold for the first time
First house sales in Turkey became 56 376 by increasing 7.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 43.7% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 9 972 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 17.7%. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 5 355 house sales and İzmir with 3 117 house sales.
Ownership of 72 547 houses changed by second hand sales
Second hand house sales in Turkey became 72 547 by increasing 11.9% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the second hand sales, İstanbul was the first province again with 12 471 sales and 17.2% share. Share of the second hand sales was 55.6% in İstanbul in total house sales. Ankara was the second province with 9 649 sales and Ankara was followed by İzmir with 4 942 sales.
In March 2017, 1 578 houses were sold to foreigners
In house sales to foreigners became 1 578 by decreasing 1.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. İstanbul was the first province with 579 sales in March 2017. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 313 house sales, Bursa with 124 house sales, Yalova with 88 house sales, Sakarya with 80 house sales and Ankara with 73 house sales.
Most house sales were made to Iraqi citizens according to country nationalities
Iraqi citizens bought 323 houses from Turkey in March. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 148 house sales, Kuwait with 139 house sales, Russia with 115 house sales and Afghanistan with 112 house sales.
