Annualized rental rates had been falling every month since last April as demand dropped because of the coronavirus crisis.

Rental rates in the capital also edged up by 0.1% June, having fallen continuously since last March. 

The monthly rental rate for a flat in the capital averaged HUF 152,000 in the first half of the year.

In a month-on-month comparison, home rental rates rose 1.6% in May in Hungary and 1.8% in Budapest. Home rental rates started increasing in January in a monthly comparison.