A near-12 percent rise in housing sales across Aydin province in December year-on-year led to a total 31,010 homes being sold in 2025.
Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that a total of 4,076 housing units were sold in Aydın in the last month of 2025, a remarkable 11.8% increase compared to the 3,643 housing units sold in December 2024.
According to TÜİK data, 31,010 housing units were sold in the city in 2025. Kuşadası ranked first in the province with 7,959 housing sales. While the majority of sales in Kuşadası consisted of second-hand homes, 1,839 sales were made with mortgages.
Didim closely followed Kuşadası with 7,414 housing sales, with 1,467 sales made with mortgages, while 5,947 houses changed hands through other types of sales. The fact that 2,717 first-hand housing sales were made in the district highlighted the interest in new projects.
Overall, total housing sales jumped to 31,010 in 2025 from 28,743 in 2024.
Foreign buyers decline in Turkiye
Turkiye’s housing market reached a new record high in 2025, yet sales to foreign buyers dropped to their lowest level in nine years.
Analysts attribute the downturn to rapidly rising property prices and ongoing debates over citizenship, with proposals emerging to replace citizenship incentives with residence permits as a means to reshape the system.
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), foreigners bought 21,534 homes last year, marking a 9.4 percent decline compared with 2024.
Foreign demand for Turkish real estate had surged following the enactment of the Reciprocity Law in 2012, peaking at 67,490 units in 2022.
However, over the past three years, a sharp contraction has been observed. Market observers note that escalating domestic prices have been the primary deterrent, while the citizenship program has also come under scrutiny, prompting calls for a shift toward residence-based incentives for international investors.
Among foreign buyers, Russians led the market with 3,649 purchases, followed by Iranians with 1,878, Ukrainians with 1,541, Germans with 1,376 and Iraqis with 1,292.