In Turkey, 1 409 314 houses were sold in 2017
In Turkey, house sales increased by 5.1% in 2017 compared to the previous year. For the house sales of 2017, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 16.9% and 238 383 sold house. The followers of Istanbul were Ankara with 150 561 house sales with 10.7% and İzmir 84 184 house sales with 6%. The least house sold province is Hakkari with 124 house sales. In Turkey, 473 099 of all sales were mortgaged sales and 936 215 are other house sales.
Number of house sales, 2016-2017
In December 2017, 132 972 houses were sold in Turkey
In Turkey, house sales decreased by 6.8% in December 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 132 972. For the house sales of December 2017, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 17.2% and 22 932 sold house. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 12 868 house sales and İzmir 8 305 house sales with the share of 9.7% and 6.2% respectively. The least house sold provinces were Hakkari and Ardahan with 11 house sales, Bayburt with 52 house sales.
In December 2017, 34 029 ownership of the houses changed by mortgage sales
The mortgaged house sales throughout Turkey became 34 029 by decreasing 30.7% compared to the same month of the previous year. House sales with mortgage had a 25.6% share of all house sales in Turkey. Most of house sales with mortgage was in İstanbul with 6 516 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that has most house sales with mortgage share with 19.1%. Mortgaged house sales had the highest share in Ardahan with 45.5% of all house sales.
Ownership of 98 943 houses changed by other sales
Other house sales in Turkey became 98 943 by increasing 5.7% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the other sales, İstanbul was the first province with 16 416 sales and 16.6% share. Other house sales had 71.6% share of all house sales in İstanbul. Ankara was the second province with 9 101 sales. Ankara was followed by İzmir with 6 061 sales. The least other house sales was realized in Ardahan with 6 house sales.
House sales by type of sales, December 2017 House sales by state of sales, December 2017
In house sales, 66 661 of houses were sold for the first time
First house sales in Turkey became 66 661 by decreasing 7.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 50.1% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 11 512 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 17.3%. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 5 119 house sales and İzmir with 3 885 house sales.
Ownership of 66 311 houses changed by second hand sales
Second hand house sales in Turkey became 66 311 by decreasing 6.5% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the second hand sales, İstanbul was the first province again with 11_420 sales and 17.2% share. Share of the second hand sales was 49.8% in İstanbul in total house sales. Ankara was the second province with 7 749 sales and Ankara was followed by İzmir with 4_420 sales.
In Turkey, 22 234 houses were sold to foreigners in 2017
House sales to foreigners increased by 22.2% in 2017 compared to the previous year. In house sales to foreigners, İstanbul was the first province with 8 182 sales in 2017. Antalya was the second province with 4 707 sales. Antalya was followed by Bursa with 1 474 sales and Yalova with 1 079 sales.
In December 2017, 2 164 houses were sold to foreigners. İstanbul was the first province with 802 sales in December 2017. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 378 house sales, Bursa with 188 house sales and Yalova with 141 house sales.
Most house sales were made to Iraqi citizens according to country nationalities
Iraqi citizens bought 3 805 houses from Turkey in 2017. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 3 345 house sales, Kuwait with 1 691 house sales, Russia with 1 331 house sales and Afghanistan with 1 078 house sales.
In December, Iraqi citizens bought 418 houses from Turkey. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 271 house sales, Kuwait with 151 house sales, Russia with 129 house sales.
In Turkey, 837 928 men and 409 453 women became the owner of house in 2017
While 837 928 houses with share 59.4% were bought by men and 409 453 houses with share 29.1% were bought by women, 29 178 houses with share 2.1% were bought jointly by women and men in general of Turkey. İstanbul ranked the first in terms of the number of houses purchased by women with 64 147 and 15.7% share in Turkey. While men bought 137 067 houses in İstanbul, 7 162 houses were bought by men and women jointly. The lowest number of houses sold to women was in Ardahan with 29 sales while Hakkari had the lowest number of houses sold to men with 89 sales.
Kaynak: Turkstat
