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.
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Stable property market outlook with a price bubble about to burst
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.
Property market outlook is over its peak
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.
Housing market outlook presses down property indices
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.
Home market still lead by Budapest, other areas catching up in commercial properties
In January 2017, the Budapest and the Hungarian real estate market indices of GKI-MGYOSZ stood at +4 and +2 points respectively. The index figure in Budapest was slightly up (within the error margin), while the national index has increased 3 points. Compared to one year earlier, both indices went up 7 points.