HCSO–ingatlan.com-rent index, December 2025
Figure 1
After three months of decline, rental fees returned to an upward trend in December 2025: prices exceeded the previous month’s level by 0.6% nationally and by 1.0% in Budapest. Compared to a year earlier, market rental fees for homes were 5.4% higher nationally and 5.6% higher in Budapest, and 124% and 114% higher than in the base period of 2015, respectively. The real rent index was 30% higher nationally and 24% higher in the capital than in the 2015 base year. Compared to the previous month, real rents developed similarly to nominal rents: they increased by 0.5% nationally and by 0.9% in Budapest. On an annual basis, national real rents exceeded the indicator of the corresponding period of the previous year by 2.1%, while in Budapest the increase was 2.3%.
Figure 2
In the inner and outer districts of Pest, rents increased at a rate similar to the Budapest average (1.0% and 1.1%, respectively). In the transitional districts of Pest and in the hilly districts of Buda, rental fees decreased (by –0.7% and –0.1%), while in the other districts of Buda rents rose by 2.1%. The annual growth rate of rents was below average in the transitional districts of Pest and in the hilly districts of Buda (3.9% and 4.4%). The highest increase in rental fees occurred in the outer districts of Pest and in the other districts of Buda (8.2% and 8.1%).
Figure 3
In December 2025, the vast majority (93%) of the advertisements observed concerned flats in multi-dwelling buildings, while 7.1% advertised detached houses. In Budapest, only 2.7% of dwellings for rent were detached houses. Forty‑two percent of advertisements came from private individuals, and this proportion was 40% in the capital city.
Expected next release: 16 February 2025
After three months of decline, rental fees returned to an upward trend in December 2025: prices exceeded the previous month’s level by 0.6% nationally and by 1.0% in Budapest. Compared to a year earlier, market rental fees for homes were 5.4% higher nationally and 5.6% higher in Budapest, and 124% and 114% higher than in the base period of 2015, respectively. The real rent index was 30% higher nationally and 24% higher in the capital than in the 2015 base year. Compared to the previous month, real rents developed similarly to nominal rents: they increased by 0.5% nationally and by 0.9% in Budapest. On an annual basis, national real rents exceeded the indicator of the corresponding period of the previous year by 2.1%, while in Budapest the increase was 2.3%.
In the inner and outer districts of Pest, rents increased at a rate similar to the Budapest average (1.0% and 1.1%, respectively). In the transitional districts of Pest and in the hilly districts of Buda, rental fees decreased (by –0.7% and –0.1%), while in the other districts of Buda rents rose by 2.1%. The annual growth rate of rents was below average in the transitional districts of Pest and in the hilly districts of Buda (3.9% and 4.4%). The highest increase in rental fees occurred in the outer districts of Pest and in the other districts of Buda (8.2% and 8.1%).
In December 2025, the vast majority (93%) of the advertisements observed concerned flats in multi-dwelling buildings, while 7.1% advertised detached houses. In Budapest, only 2.7% of dwellings for rent were detached houses. Forty‑two percent of advertisements came from private individuals, and this proportion was 40% in the capital city.
Expected next release: 16 February 2025