Rental rates in the capital increased by 12.4%.

In a month-on-month comparison, home rental rates edged up 0.1% for the whole country and slipped 0.3% in Budapest.

The monthly rental rate for a flat in the capital averaged HUF 221,000 in the first half of the year. A home in a large city in the west of the country could be rented for HUF 156,000/month.