More first-time homebuyers enter market

Written by BT/MTI

First-time homebuyers accounted for 23 of every hundred transactions in the capital this year, and 26 of every 100 in the rest of the country, listed real estate broker Duna House said on Monday.

Those rates edged up 1pc in the capital and 2pc in the rest of the country from a year earlier, Duna House said, citing its own data.

First-time homebuyers spent HUF 44m in the capital, on average, purchasing a 52sqm home. In the rest of the country, first-time homebuyers spent close to HUF 34m for an 84sqm home.

Home sales are up 42pc from a year earlier, Duna House said.