Turkey records the highest percentage of real estate sales in June 2021
2021-10-28
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The real estate sector in Turkey is witnessing a great demand by foreign investors, and this was evidenced by a steady rise in real estate sales for foreigners, which began at the beginning of this year to achieve record sales figures and reached its climax with the beginning of the summer period, which was known to lift the precautionary restrictions from Coronavirus in Turkey.
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Achieving the highest percentage of sales in the month of June
Real estate sales in Turkey to foreigners last June recorded the highest increase in sales in years, with the increase in apartment sales during this month reaching 185%, while apartment sales to foreigners in Turkey increased by 44%, during The first half of this year, with the sale of 20,488 apartments.
Iranians, Iraqis, and Russians are at the forefront
According to figures issued by the Turkish Statistics Authority, Iranians ranked first, among the most foreign nationalities, who purchased apartments during the first six months of this year, with the purchase of 3,70 apartments.
Therefore, sales of apartments to Iranians increased by 16.81%, compared to sales in the first six months of last year.
While Iraqis ranked second among the most foreign nationalities who purchased apartments during the first half of this year, and thus the sales of apartments to Iraqis increased by 28%, compared to sales in the first half of last year.
The Russians came in third place among the most foreign nationalities buying apartments from Turkey, during the first half of this year, by purchasing 1,759 apartments. Thus, the sales of apartments to Russians achieved an increase of 47.3%, compared to sales in the first half of last year.
Turkish citizenship is the main motivator for buying apartments
It is known that the Turkish government opened the door for real estate investors to obtain Turkish citizenship, with the passage of the Reciprocity Law, which entered into force in 2013, and in the meantime, the value of the property that entitles its owner to apply for Turkish citizenship was one million dollars. This decision was amended in 2018 to make the minimum price for a property granting Turkish citizenship $250,000.
The Turkish real estate sector witnessed a double turnout for foreign investors, after the decision to reduce the value of the property that fulfills the conditions of Turkish citizenship, and this turnout reached its peak in the year 2019 when the sales of apartments to foreigners during the mentioned year amounted to 45,483 apartments.
Record numbers expected at the end of this year
Commenting on the recent statistics of apartment sales to foreigners, Mr. Omar Farouk Akbal, President of the Foreign Real Estate Promotion Association, said:
"Foreigners' sales exceeded 4,700 apartments during the month of June alone, and this was the largest number recorded by monthly real estate sales after the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. I expect sales to achieve record numbers for the remainder of this year, especially in the next three months, and sales to exceed the threshold of 50,000 apartments until the end of the year.”
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