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The two realities of Hungary: Properties sold for EUR 2000 and 4.5 million last year
Hungary’s residential property market delivered striking contrasts in 2025, with record-breaking luxury sales on one end and sub-one-million-forint homes changing hands on the other, according to a year-end summary by property portal ingatlan.com.
The figures highlight not only dramatic price differences in Hungary, but also sharply diverging sales dynamics between Budapest, major cities and smaller settlements.
The extremes of Hungary’s real estate market
The most eye-catching transaction of the year took place in the capital. A 900-square-metre luxury villa in Budapest’s prestigious Széchenyi Hill area was sold for HUF 1.7 billion (EUR 4.42 million) after just two months on the market. The nine-room property features a 200-square-metre wellness area and a garage capable of housing eight vehicles, making it one of the most notable high-end sales of recent years.
While that villa topped last year’s completed transactions, even more expensive properties remain available. The current most costly residential listing in Hungary is a 15-room luxury château in Acsa, standing on a 60,000-square-metre estate. With more than 3,000 square metres of living space, the property is on the market for HUF 4.62 billion (EUR 12.03 million), writes 444.
Let’s see the other end of the spectrum
At the opposite extreme, affordability reached levels that would have seemed unimaginable in larger cities. The cheapest home sold in 2025 changed hands for just HUF 900,000 (EUR 2343) in Csanádpalota, Csongrád-Csanád County. The heavily run-down house required major renovation, but its proximity to the Romanian border and nearby motorway links made it attractive, especially following Romania’s Schengen accession earlier this year.
The second-cheapest sale in Hungary occurred in Etes, Nógrád County, where a 100-square-metre house with a large plot was sold for HUF 1 million (EUR 2600), effectively at land value.
Many properties found their new owners in record time
Another notable trend was the rise in so-called “lightning sales”. In several cases, properties found buyers in less than 24 hours. One example was an 85-square-metre house in Vésztő, Békés County, sold for HUF 3 million (EUR 7800) in a single day.
In July, a 47-square-metre panel flat in Csongrád was snapped up just as quickly for HUF 24.5 million (EUR 63,800). Overall, 4 per cent of properties marked as sold on ingatlan.com were purchased within three days, up from 2–3 per cent a year earlier.
But not every one of them
Not all sales were fast. The slowest transaction of recent years also concluded in 2025, when a seven-room family house in Szécsény, advertised since 2017, was finally sold for HUF 30 million (EUR 78,100).
Nationally, the average selling time fell slightly to 132 days. Budapest saw the most dramatic improvement, with average sales times dropping to 67 days, more than a month faster than two years ago. Major cities also improved, while smaller towns and villages experienced longer selling periods, reflecting weaker demand despite higher transaction volumes.