Foreigners bought 22 thousand 234 houses in Turkey, in 2017, costing 4.6 billion dollars. Thus, the profit from house sales in 2016 which was 18 thousand 189 detected that increased by 22 percent last year.
While 8 thousand 182 of the 22 thousand 234 houses bought last year by foreigners took place in Istanbul, it was seen that most of the houses were sold there. In addition to this, in the beginning of other preferred cities list comes Antalya with 4,707 houses, Bursa with 1,474 houses, Yalova with 1,079 houses, Trabzon with 978 houses, Aydın with 826 houses, Ankara with 817 houses, Sakarya with 770 houses, Muğla with 634 houses and Mersin with 600 houses. The foreigners who bought most houses across Turkey were Iraqis buying 3 thousand 805 houses. Saudi Arabians buying 3 thousand 345 houses, Kuwaitis buying 1,691 houses, Russians buying 1,331 houses, Afghans buying 1,078 houses followed Iraqis. In addition to this, it is established that Azerbaijani residents bought 942 houses, English residents 794 houses, Germans 772 houses, Iranians 792 houses, and Egyptians 587 houses.
