Are there any cities in Hungary except Budapest? Definitely. If you name at least one of them and you are not a resident of the neighboring countries – congratulations. You may feel whatever you want about the Hungary or take it as the unlucky Austria’s sister or the former Soviet satellite, but to understand this country you have to visit it, listen to friends and relatives impressions or watch at least a few documentaries and feature films.
There is Germany – where we want to go because of stability (and many of us studied German at school), England – because it is prestigious (and gray, strictly and stiffly), Spain – because of the heat (and no one works), Bulgaria – because it is cheap and close (Cyrillic adds + to its karma). And what about the Hungary? No association? That's why you first need to learn it well, love it, and then make an informed choice in favor of the real estate purchase. And if the local lifestyle by no means sinks into your heart, you may simply buy an apartment in Budapest and lease it – most likely you won’t regret.
Real estate in Hungary: close, available but has no sea | Photo 1 | ee24
If Eurostat or anyone else have made a valid countries top list not just by real estate prices change, but in accordance with real average square meter cost, Hungary is likely to be at the bottom, among "cheap" half of the 28 countries. Higher than Bulgaria is, but somewhere at the Baltic level: the capital Budapest is for €1,000-1,500 per sq. m. just like Tallinn is, and everything else is up to €1,000 or near, just like the Lithuanian province.