Samsun'dan Haberler

Saturday, January 12, 2019
140 thousand 298 housing were sold in September in Turkey, an annual increase of 28.8 percent.

According to the "House Sales Statistics” bulletin announced by Turkey Statistical Institute (TSI), house sales in Turkey increased by 28.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year in the month of September 2017.

Istanbul has the highest share with 23,747 house sales and 16,7 percent in house sales. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 13 945 house sales and İzmir 7 575 house sales with the shares of 9.9% and 5,4% respectively. House sales in Şırnak, Ardahan and Hakkari have been the least, with 28 houses, 29 houses and 35 houses respectively.

MORTGAGE SALES DROP
The mortgage house sales throughout Turkey became 40 534 by decreasing 3.7% compared to the same month of the previous year. House sales with mortgage had a 28.9% share of all house sales in Turkey. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking at first place of mortgage house sales with a share of 17%. Mortgaged house sales had the highest share in Ardahan with 41.4% of all house sales.
Other house sales in Turkey became 99 764 by increasing 49.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the other sales, İstanbul was the first province with 16 561 sales and 16.6% share. Other house sales had 70.6% share of all house sales in İstanbul. Ankara ranked at second place with 9 091 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 5 033 sales. The least other house sales was realized in Ardahan with 17 house sales.

70 THOUSAND HOUSES SOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME
First house sales in Turkey became 70 019 by increasing 37.4% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 49.9% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 12 690 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 18.1%. İstanbul was followed by Ankara with 5 858 house sales and İzmir with 3 314 house sales.
The second-hand housing sales throughout Turkey showed an increase by 21.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and was recorded as 70 thousand 279. Istanbul also ranked first in second-hand house sales with 10,781 units and a share of 15.3 percent. The share of second hand sales in total housing sales in Istanbul was 45.9 percent. Ankara was the second province with 8 087 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 4261 sales.

SALES TO FOREIGNERS INCREASED 75 PERCENT
House sales to foreigners increased by 75.2 % compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 2 thousand 236. In September 2017, Istanbul ranked at first place with 797 house units sold to foreigners. Istanbul was followed by Antalya with 520 houses and Aydın with 119 houses sold and Bursa and Trabzon followed them.
Iraqi citizens bought 383 houses in Turkey in September. Iraq was followed by Saudi Arabia with 344 house sales, Kuwait with 160 house sales, Russia with 129 house sales and United Kingdom with 103 house sales.