Residential property prices in Hungary, existing dwellings (2010=100)
Economics Team | August, 29, 2020
Hungary
House prices in Hungary. The quarterly FHB Housing Price Index is based on buying and selling data recorded by FHB itself, APEH’s database and the national tax authority. It stretches back to 1998. Other data is published by Otthon Centrum, a real estate portal, and The Hungarian Central Statistical office.
House price changes in Hungary, nominal and inflation-adjusted ('real')
% change over a year earlier
Hungary
Source: Hungarian Central Statistics Office
Quarterly Change in house prices
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2019 | 6.86 | 1.58 | -4.25 | |
| 2018 | 5.01 | 1.92 | 3.96 | 3.78 |
| 2017 | 2.78 | 2.15 | 3.27 | 3.81 |
| 2016 | 9.17 | 0.23 | 3.07 | 2.34 |
| 2015 | 7.31 | 2.41 | 4.49 | 2.36 |
| 2014 | -1.88 | 3.95 | 2.99 | 3.53 |
| 2013 | -0.81 | -2.16 | 0.05 | 0.82 |
| 2012 | -3.5 | -0.75 | -2.32 | -5.67 |
| 2011 | -1.63 | -2.84 | -0.59 | -1 |
| 2010 | -0.03 | -2.45 | -1.91 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | -3.83 | -0.34 | -9.66 | -2.64 |
| 2008 | -1.93 | -3.94 | -0.74 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | -0.51 | -0.74 | -1.87 | 1.92 |
| 2006 | 2.42 | -0.92 | -1.08 | -0.94 |
| 2005 | -3.57 | -0.98 | 0.07 | 0.65 |
| 2004 | -5.34 | 2.86 | -0.97 | 3.94 |
| 2003 | 7.14 | 2.81 | 0.03 | 4.37 |
| 2002 | 4.84 | 2.2 | 1.73 | 2.14 |
| 2001 | 4.3 | 0.63 | -0.72 | 1.31 |
| 2000 | 14.56 | 5.94 | 1.11 | 0.93 |
| 1999 | 3.66 | 7.62 | 6.16 | 7.53 |
| 1998 | 8.54 | 6.63 | -1.02 |
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.
Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.