Turkey's house sales surge 38.8 pct in April as foreign buyers inflowing

ANKARA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of houses sold in Turkey surged 38.8 percent year-on-year in April, while the sales to foreign buyers jumped 58 percent annually, according to the official data released on Tuesday.

A total of 133,058 housing units were sold in April, and the number of mortgaged sales increased by 83 percent from a year ago to 17,514, accounting for 24.1 percent of all residential property sales in April, the Turkish Statistical Institute reported.