Foreign buyers account for 4% of Hungarian residential property market

Data from the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) reveals that foreign nationals accounted for 4 percent of all residential property buyers in Hungary in 2025. German citizens represented the largest share of foreign buyers at 1.1 percentage points, followed by significant participation from Romanian, Slovak, Dutch, Chinese, and Austrian nationals.

Regional disparities are notable. In Zala and Somogy counties, foreign buyers reached 11.3 percent of the market, with German nationals accounting for more than two-thirds of these transactions. In Budapest, foreign nationals made up 5.5 percent of buyers, with a higher concentration of 13.2 percent in the inner districts (V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX).

The statistics, provided by MNB Vice President Péter Benő Banai in response to inquiries from MP Előd Novák, indicate that non-EU buyers are primarily active in the Budapest housing market. Specifically, Chinese and Vietnamese citizens accounted for 1.4 percent and 0.4 percent of total residential purchases, respectively.