Outlooks on the residential and construction site markets became more favourable compared to the previous survey a quarter ago. The improvement was particularly significant in Budapest agglomeration. There was no meaningful change in non-Budapest market, these expectations still reflects some kind of optimism.
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The GKI real estate indices for Budapest and Hungary stood at -1 and 1 point in January 2018, respectively. The Budapest index has dropped within the error margin, while the index for the whole country has increased 1 point, compared to the previous survey completed in October. Compared to one year earlier, the index in the capital has decreased 4 points and it has dropped 1 point for the whole country. The real estate outlook in Budapest peaked five quarters ago and a very modest decline is experienced since then. The national index reached its highest point a year ago and the present one is close to it.
The GKI real estate indices for Budapest and Hungary stood at -1 and 0 points in October 2017, respectively. Compared to the previous quarter, the index in the capital has dropped by 2 points but the index for the whole country has not changed. The Budapest index has decreased by 4 points over a year and the country index has increased by 2 points. The peak of the property market outlook is over for about a year but the present outlook is still positive.
In July, the GKI real estate indices for Budapest and Hungary stood at 1 and 0 points respectively. Both figures dropped slightly by 1 point, compared to the previous survey. Both indices went up 2 points, compared to the survey made one year earlier. The property market outlook improved only in the office space market, from the previous quarter. On the other hand, no significant change occurred in the other three segments. Generally, the property market outlook is slightly over its peak but it is still on the sunny side.
In April, the Budapest and the national real estate indices of GKI stood at 2 and 1 points, respectively. The index figure in the capital city has fallen modestly by 1 point. The national index has dropped slightly from January (within the error margin). Both indices went up 3 points compared to one year earlier.