{"id":"turkey-home-sales-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"turkey-home-sales-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Turkey home sales fall in August as mortgage-backed deals rise","summary":"First-hand sales fell 4.5% and existing-home sales 19.4%, while mortgaged sales increased 7.2%.","body":["First-hand home sales across Türkiye fell 4.5% year over year to 44,378 in August, while second-hand sales declined 19.4% to 83,032, according to TÜİK data published on 17 September. First-hand homes accounted for 34.8% of total sales and second-hand homes 65.2%.","Mortgage-backed sales increased 7.2% year over year to 22,131, while other home sales dropped 18.3% to 105,279. TÜİK says the figures cover homes sold in Türkiye according to General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre records. They count completed sales and do not measure house-price changes."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Turkey home sales fall in August as mortgage-backed deals rise\n\nFirst-hand sales fell 4.5% and existing-home sales 19.4%, while mortgaged sales increased 7.2%.\n\nFirst-hand home sales across Türkiye fell 4.5% year over year to 44,378 in August, while second-hand sales declined 19.4% to 83,032, according to TÜİK data published on 17 September. First-hand homes accounted for 34.8% of total sales and second-hand homes 65.2%.\n\nMortgage-backed sales increased 7.2% year over year to 22,131, while other home sales dropped 18.3% to 105,279. TÜİK says the figures cover homes sold in Türkiye according to General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre records. They count completed sales and do not measure house-price changes.","category":"economy","region":"turkiye","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-17","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)","url":"https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?dil=1&p=Konut-ve-%C4%B0%C5%9F-Yeri-Sat%C4%B1%C5%9F-%C4%B0statistikleri-A%C4%9Fustos-2026-58346","publishedAt":"2026-09-17","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/turkey-home-sales-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}