Map shows the age of the Hungarian real estates

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According to index.hu, website Otthonterkep made a map which shows a lot of useful information about Hungarian real estates.

The map shows the average age of the real estates, the proportion of real estates were built after 1990 and the proportion of real estates were built after 1946. It is by counties, micro-regions and Budapest. It’s no surprise the oldest residential real estates are in the inside districts of Budapest. Belvaros-Lipotvaros holds the record: 85 years. Hegyvidek (12th district) is also far above the average: 58.7 years. The average age in Tolna County is as much as in Budapest: 51.5 years.

The analysis of Otthonterkep writes several interesting data. One of them is the aging of the buildings. The Hungarian housing stock is ageing; the average home was built nearly 50 years ago. The number of new building permits issued in recent years was historically low. The downward trend in new housing construction seemed to be stopped in 2014, and the number of new licenses increased by an additional 44% in 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, but that’s no reason for optimism due to the low base.

If we look at the nationwide conditions, the most real estates were built before 1946 and between 1970 and 1980, according to the 2011 census. Real estates, which are more than 65 years old, which were built until the end of the Second World War – typically prior to World War II – makes up 20% of the housing stock. The housing boom of the 1970s and 1980 is the result of the so-called goulash communism, home- and housing estate constructions started this time, which, incidentally, also contributed to the country’s indebtedness, index.hu said.

In the years after the regime change, the number of newly-built properties drastically declined, only the housing subsidy system of the 2000s and the spread of foreign currency lending brought turn with their known negative consequences. Following the crisis, the number of new construction continued to contract.

Big differences in the country

The oldest housing stock is in Tolna, Bekes and Nograd Counties. Bacsalmas micro-region, Bacs-Kiskun County has the oldest housing stock. Nearly half of the residential properties were built before WW2 and only 4.5% of them were built after 1990. Baranya County gave 3 micro-regions to the 10 micro-regions with the oldest housing stocks. Bekes, Csongrad, Tolna, Vas, Somogy and Veszprem Counties gave one each.

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