HCSO–ingatlan.com-rent index, October 2025
Figure 1
Rental fees showed a decreasing trend for the second consecutive month in October 2025: they fell by 0.7% nationally and 1.0% in Budapest compared to the previous month. Market rental fees for homes were 6.3% higher nationally and 5.4% higher in Budapest than a year earlier, and 125% and 114% higher than in the base period of 2015, respectively. The real rent index was 30% higher nationally and 24% higher in Budapest than the 2015 base year. As consumer prices stagnated compared to the previous month, the decrease in real rents corresponded to the drop in nominal rents. The real rents surpassed the indicator of the corresponding period of the previous year by 2.0% nationally and 1.1% in Budapest.
Figure 2
Within the capital, rents were lower in all district groups compared to the previous month: the decrease was above the capital's average (1.4–1.6%) on the Buda side, around the average (1.0–1.2%) in the inner and transitional districts of Pest, while a 0.7% moderation occurred in the rents of the outer districts of Pest. The annual growth rate of rents in the hilly districts of Buda and the transitional districts of Pest fell below 5%, while in the other district groups, the increase was 6–7%.
Figure 3
In October 2025, the vast majority (93%) of the advertisements observed concerned flats in multi-dwelling buildings, with the remaining 6.5% being detached houses. In Budapest, only 2.7% of the dwellings for rent were detached houses. 45% of advertisements came from private individuals, and this proportion was 43% in the capital city.
Expected next release: December 11, 2025
Rental fees showed a decreasing trend for the second consecutive month in October 2025: they fell by 0.7% nationally and 1.0% in Budapest compared to the previous month. Market rental fees for homes were 6.3% higher nationally and 5.4% higher in Budapest than a year earlier, and 125% and 114% higher than in the base period of 2015, respectively. The real rent index was 30% higher nationally and 24% higher in Budapest than the 2015 base year. As consumer prices stagnated compared to the previous month, the decrease in real rents corresponded to the drop in nominal rents. The real rents surpassed the indicator of the corresponding period of the previous year by 2.0% nationally and 1.1% in Budapest.
Within the capital, rents were lower in all district groups compared to the previous month: the decrease was above the capital's average (1.4–1.6%) on the Buda side, around the average (1.0–1.2%) in the inner and transitional districts of Pest, while a 0.7% moderation occurred in the rents of the outer districts of Pest. The annual growth rate of rents in the hilly districts of Buda and the transitional districts of Pest fell below 5%, while in the other district groups, the increase was 6–7%.
In October 2025, the vast majority (93%) of the advertisements observed concerned flats in multi-dwelling buildings, with the remaining 6.5% being detached houses. In Budapest, only 2.7% of the dwellings for rent were detached houses. 45% of advertisements came from private individuals, and this proportion was 43% in the capital city.
Expected next release: December 11, 2025