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Hungary real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

  • Average price: $4,049 / m²
  • Gross rental yield: 4.97%
  • 12-month price change (USD): 15.2%
  • Net rental yield: 4.3%
  • Transaction cost: 8%
  • Bubble-risk band: elevated
  • Price basis: national average

Hungary is one of the faster-moving markets Glopra tracks: the average residential square metre now costs $4,049, +15.2% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 24th most expensive of the 83 markets in the set.

What a buyer pays in Hungary

The $4,049 figure is a national average across all residential property types, which flattens a wide spread — the capital typically runs far above it and small towns far below. Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 8% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $32,393 on top of the $404,914 purchase price. That is below the 10.2% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even. Inside Hungary we also track Budapest separately, where the average is $5,043 — 24.5% above the national figure.

What it earns

A square metre lets for about $16.8 a month. Against a purchase price of $4,049 per square metre that is 5% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 61st of 88 markets by gross yield. Rental income is taxed at 13.5%, which takes the yield down to 4.3% net. The 0.7-point difference between the gross and net figure is the part most listing sites leave out.

How the tax works. 13.5% of the gross rent: 15% personal income tax on 90% of the rent after the 10% standard expense allowance, with no social contribution (the Szocho Act § 5(2)(h) exempts rental income) and no bracket or threshold, so the rate is the same at every rent level and for non-residents. Itemised expense accounting can bring the real burden down to 8–10%. Source: nav.gov.hu.

Where the price sits against its own history

Prices are +77.3% over five years and +202.2% over ten in local terms. Today’s level sits 62.5% above the country’s own long-run trend. A gap that size does not have to close, but it is the number to watch. Glopra’s bubble-risk score for Hungary is 69 out of 100 — elevated risk. Of the 58 markets scored, 15 read higher. It combines the deviation from trend, price-to-income and the pace of recent growth — a warning light, not a forecast.

Hungary house price index, 2016–2026 (2016 = 100)

YearIndex
2016100
2017112.2
2018128.3
2019150.1
2020157.5
2021183.5
2022224.5
2023240.4
2024273.3
2025323.4
2026341.5

Rebased to 100 in 2016, the index stands at 341.5 in 2026. The series is in local currency, and the twelve-month numbers above show how much of that a dollar buyer actually keeps.

Who can buy in Hungary

Freehold; non-EU buyers need a permit. That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.

How this figure is built

The price figure for Hungary is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-09-28. We rate our confidence in this market’s data medium: the series is usable, but thinner or less current than our best-covered markets. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.

Sources: KSH STADAT lak0052 · ksh.hu · portfolio.hu · globalpropertyguide.com. Snapshot: 2026-09-28.

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