In February, house sales to foreigners decreased by 44.9% compared to the same month of the previous year and became 1,846. In February, the share of house sales to foreigners in total house sales was 2.0%. Istanbul ranked first in house sales to foreigners with 691 house sales. Istanbul was followed by Antalya and Mersin with 659 and 151 house sales, respectively.
In January-February period, house sales to foreigners decreased by 48.0% compared to the same period of the previous year and became 3 thousand 907.
According to nationalities, the most housing sales were made to citizens of the Russian Federation.
In February, Russian Federation citizens bought 395 houses in Turkey. Russian Federation citizens were followed by Iran with 200 houses, Iraq with 112 houses and Ukraine with 105 houses.