Turkey apartments sales to foreigners in 2021 are the highest in its history
2022-03-02
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According to data issued by the Turkish Statistics Authority Tüik, the sales of apartments to foreigners in Turkey in 2021 reached 58,576 apartments.
Thus, achieving the highest annual figure in the history of apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey, and a 43.5% increase over apartment sales to foreigners in 2020.
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Historic figures in the sales of apartments to foreigners
The percentage of sales of apartments to foreigners out of the total general sales of apartments throughout Turkey amounted to 3.9%.
In turn, the sales of apartments to foreigners in December of 2021 achieved the highest monthly figure in the history of apartment sales to foreigners.
Where the sales of 7,841 apartments were recorded, an increase of 77.1% over the sales of the same month last year 2020, and an increase of 6.5% over the sales of the month preceding November 2021.
Istanbul tops sales for foreigners
In the details of the figures related to the sales of apartments to foreigners in Turkey during 2021, Istanbul ranked first among the Turkish states that sold apartments to foreigners with the sale of 26,469 apartments.
Antalya came in second place with the sale of 12,384 apartments, while the capital, Ankara, came in third place with the sale of 3,672 apartments.
December sales
Concerning sales of apartments to foreigners during the last month of 2021, Istanbul ranked first among the Turkish states that sold apartments to foreigners, with 3,300 apartments sold.
Antalya came again with the sale of 1,827 apartments, and the third place was again for the capital, Ankara, with the sale of 489 apartments to foreigners during the last month of the year 2021.
The sales figures in the ten states that sell the most apartments to foreigners are as follows:
Rank
|
State
|
Sales of residential to foreigners during 2021
|
Sales of apartments to foreigners in December 2021
|
1
|
İstanbul
|
26,469 apartments
|
3,300 apartments
|
2
|
Antalya
|
12,384 apartments
|
1,827 apartments
|
3
|
Ankara
|
3,672 apartments
|
489 apartments
|
4
|
Mersin
|
2,513 apartments
|
300 apartments
|
5
|
Yalova
|
1,818 apartments
|
236 apartments
|
6
|
Bursa
|
1,683 apartments
|
248 apartments
|
7
|
İzmir
|
1,411 apartments
|
240 apartments
|
8
|
Sakarya
|
1,262 apartments
|
200 apartments
|
9
|
Samsun
|
1,157 apartments
|
180 apartments
|
10
|
Trabzon
|
952 apartments
|
98 apartments
|
The most foreign nationals that bought apartments in 2021
In the classification of foreign nationalities according to their purchases of apartments in Turkey during 2021, Iranians ranked first among the most foreign nationalities buying apartments in Turkey during 2021, with the purchase of 10,56 apartments.
Iraqis came in second place, buying 8,661 apartments, while the Russians came in third place, buying 5,379 apartments.
The sales figures of residential apartments for the twenty nationalities that purchased the most apartments during 2021 were as follows:
Rank
|
Foreign nationality
|
Apartment sales in Turkey in 2021 by nationalities
|
1
|
Iranians
|
10,056 apartments
|
2
|
Iraqis
|
8,661 apartments
|
3
|
Russians
|
5,379 apartments
|
4
|
Afghan
|
2,762 apartments
|
5
|
Germans
|
2,358 apartments
|
6
|
Kazakhs
|
2,090 apartments
|
7
|
Kuwaitis
|
1,791 apartments
|
8
|
Azeris
|
1,517 apartments
|
9
|
Americans
|
1,416 apartments
|
10
|
Yemenis
|
1,332 apartments
|
11
|
Philistines
|
1,296 apartments
|
12
|
Jordanians
|
1,257 apartments
|
13
|
Ukrainians
|
1,246 apartments
|
14
|
Egyptians
|
1,166 apartments
|
15
|
English
|
1,089 apartments
|
16
|
Lebanese
|
1,022 apartments
|
17
|
Chinese
|
963 apartments
|
18
|
Pakistanis
|
962 apartments
|
19
|
Swedes
|
850 apartments
|
20
|
Sudanese
|
699 apartments
|
The most foreign nationals that bought apartments in December 2021
Regarding the sales of the last month of 2021, Iranians also ranked first among foreign nationalities who purchased the most apartments, with the purchase of 1,462 apartments.
Iraqis came in second place with the purchase of 1039 apartments, while the Russians came in third place with the purchase of 855 apartments.
The classification of the twenty most nationalities buying apartments in Turkey during December 2021 was as follows:
Rank
|
Foreign nationality
|
Apartment sales in Turkey in December 2021 by nationalities
|
1
|
Iranians
|
1,462 apartments
|
2
|
Iraqis
|
1,039 apartments
|
3
|
Russians
|
885 apartments
|
4
|
Germans
|
296 apartments
|
5
|
Kazakhs
|
282 apartments
|
6
|
Kuwaitis
|
263 apartments
|
7
|
Afghan
|
254 apartments
|
8
|
Azeris
|
192 apartments
|
9
|
Jordanians
|
183 apartments
|
10
|
Ukrainians
|
171 apartments
|
11
|
Egyptians
|
163 apartments
|
12
|
Yemenis
|
163 apartments
|
13
|
Americans
|
151 apartments
|
14
|
Philistines
|
150 apartments
|
15
|
English
|
150 apartments
|
16
|
Chinese
|
146 apartments
|
17
|
Lebanese
|
128 apartments
|
18
|
Pakistanis
|
109 apartments
|
19
|
Algerians
|
101 apartments
|
20
|
Swedes
|
98 apartments
|
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