House Sales Statistics, April 2019

According to data news released by TurkStat, In April 2019, 84 403 houses were sold in Turkey
In Turkey, house sales decreased by 18.1% in April 2019 compared to the same month of the previous year and hence, became 84 403. For the house sales of April 2019, İstanbul had the highest share of house sales with 18.3% and 15 481 sold house. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 7 519 house sales and İzmir 4 797 house sales with the share of 8.9% and 5.7% respectively.
In house sales, 33 443 of houses were sold for the first time
First house sales in Turkey became 33 443 by decreasing 29.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. First house sales had 39.6% share of all house sales in Turkey. The most first house sales was in İstanbul with 6 424 sales. İstanbul was the first province in Turkey ranking that had most first house sales share with 19.2%. The followers of İstanbul were Ankara with 2 429 house sales and İzmir with 1 900 house sales.
In April 2019, 3 720 houses were sold to foreigners
In house sales to foreigners became 3 720 by increasing 82.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. İstanbul was the first province with 1 839 sales in April 2019. The followers of İstanbul were Antalya with 676 house sales, Ankara with 210 house sales, Bursa with 201 house sales and Yalova with 142 house sales.
Most house sales were made to Iraq citizens according to country nationalities
Iraq citizens bought 533 houses from Turkey in April. The followers of Iraq were Saudi Arabia with 395 house sales, Iran with 332 house sales, Kuwait and Russia with 202 house sales.