Budapest Housing Prices Decline for Third Month

While Budapest's housing market sees a three-month decline in prices, provincial cities present a varied picture. Debrecen leads the pack as the most expensive county seat, boasting a median price of 1.04 million forints per square meter as of early July, with 4,375 used residential properties on offer.

Pécs follows with nearly 4,000 listings, where buyers could find properties at a median price of 900,000 forints per square meter, comparable to Budapest's XXIII district. Szeged offered 2,941 properties at a median price of 980,000 forints per square meter.

Nyíregyháza had 2,098 listings with a median price of 0.8 million forints, and Győr presented 1,965 listings with a median of 0.9 million forints. At the lower end, Salgótarján, Békéscsaba, and Kaposvár are identified as the most affordable county seats, with median prices ranging from 312,000 to 609,000 forints per square meter, according to data from ingatlan.com.