Debrecen – the most expensive Hungarian city of higher education in the countryside

Among the more significant settlements of the countryside, the difference between apartment prices is significantly smaller than between Budapest and the other cities of the country. Based on data from Dunahouse (website), the most expensive city of higher education is Debrecen after the capital. 

The difference in price is enormous between Budapest and the rest of the cities: bed-sitting room apartments cost 20-25 million HUF (66667-83334 USD) in Budapest meanwhile the same sort of apartments cost only 12-15 million HUF (40000-50000 USD).

The agglomeration of Budapest profits the most from the high prices of the capital.

Based on the statistics of Világgazdaság (news portal), the most popular areas are the Northern and the Southern sectors in the agglomeration of Budapest. The majority of the offers are terraced houses, duplex/semi-detached houses and flats of 100-120 square metres. E.g. many have chosen to move to Szigetszentmiklós, Dunakeszi – this way they became the most populated towns of the region after Érd. Since 2010 the population in each of these two settlements increased by 10000. The number of apartment purchase is 17-18 per 1000 inhabitants – according to Soóki-Tóth Gábor, analysation leader of Otthon Centrum.

Before starting our studies in higher education, many factors affect whether it is worth to buy or rent an apartment. It is important to consider whether the student stays in that particular settlement after graduation or not. In the long term, it is worth more to buy our own apartments even if the prices are higher at the beginning.